The Soapbox

MaizeAndBlueWahoo

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Not sure the Soapbox was ever intended for civil discourse


Occasionally it occurs, but the real purpose of the 'box is a hate sink. Suck up all the yelling and hate and put it in a somewhat hidden place, so that the real board can function as intended.

And indeed, the discussion about who can kick whom off of social media is probably going to come to a head in the next few years. Parler makes some great points in its lawsuit against Amazon, one of which is "hey, if 'inciting violence' is how you get kicked off, then why didn't you boot Twitter when 'Hang Mike Pence' was trending?" Big Tech is increasingly monopolizing the most precious commodity of all - our speech - and either the country will decide it is OK with that, or not. They are either a publisher or a platform, and will need to eventually stop arguing out of both sides of their mouth on that. Increasingly the left is happy to turn them into a publisher and Big Tech is generally happy to agree - which could backfire spectacularly if the right trial lawyer and the right judge decide their billions of dollars in value are the perfect target (for example) for a lawsuit on behalf of a bullied suicide victim.

(In response to this post by Hoos Operator)

Posted: 01/12/2021 at 12:57PM



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Break up Facebook? -- VisorBoy Hokie 05/09/2019 6:36PM
  I'd go in almost the opposite direction -- Capital City Hoo 05/10/2019 08:56AM
  That's different. ** -- ResistHoo 05/09/2019 10:33PM
  That’s correct. ** -- Hokieesith 05/10/2019 7:42PM
  Like the libs, you want it both ways -- CavMan1 05/10/2019 08:36AM
  This one (and others in tech) will be tough -- Capital City Hoo 05/09/2019 7:47PM
  Huh? That is exactly what happens... -- VisorBoy Hokie 05/09/2019 9:07PM
  The argument is it's the de facto public square. ** -- hoodeyo 05/09/2019 10:19PM
  But it’s not like the baker/cake example. -- Hoojack 05/09/2019 9:50PM
  Could you summarize your point instead? ** -- VisorBoy Hokie 05/09/2019 9:14PM
  Twitter isn't censoring people for their ideas... -- VisorBoy Hokie 05/14/2019 5:56PM
  Hmm. I think that is questionable. ** -- Hokieesith 05/14/2019 6:12PM
  Why should a baker have to serve gay people? -- Hokieesith 05/09/2019 8:12PM
  Access vs behavior -- Old Dorms Rule! 05/09/2019 10:07PM
  Sheer number of users is exactly it -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 05/09/2019 8:10PM
  Not sure the Soapbox was ever intended for civil discourse -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 01/12/2021 12:57PM
  Hmmm -- Old Dorms Rule! 05/09/2019 8:44PM
  It's illegal already to behead someone -- MaizeAndBlueWahoo 05/09/2019 9:28PM
  Hmm again -- Old Dorms Rule! 05/09/2019 9:49PM
  Are they a business? ** -- Hokieesith 05/09/2019 8:56PM

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