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user-inactivated  ·  3232 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I disagree with the mute feature

    As an example of what I mean: the most free speech place I know is 4chan, and it also isn't very high on the list of websites I like to spend my time on, because it's full of assholes.

Is it really an example, though? Free speech doesn't mean "I say what I can", it means "I can say what I want".





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user-inactivated  ·  3231 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I think if you have a community where people can say whatever they want with no repercussions, the people who say the most extreme and ridiculous things will push away everyone else.

Hubski is no 4chan, though. What do you think about echo-chambering - the kind where everyone mutes you and you end up only talking to the like-minded people? Would that encourage or discourage unacceptable views within the community?