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What I am describing is how news-papers used to work. Every news paper has a different perspective, and we had a choice in which editors we listened to. With social media we do not. I want choice back, and I want to keep that choice from being a walled garden.

I am not looking for someone to tell me the Truth with a capital T. I am looking for many people to tell me their truth, with a small 't'. And if someone's truth is obviously false to me, and they happen to moderate a big social media platform, then I want a way out.

Note, I have never had a problem with online moderators. I am not asking to get around bans I already have.

In fact I think we agree on a basic principle. We cannot trust a single entity to determine the truth. Issue is, with current forms of moderation, a few parties (Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Credit-cards) can easily decide to shut someone down. I think that power should be way more diffuse.