[nonotreally]

Sounds like we agree on this. I want to push you here though.

Did twitter contribute to the events on the 6th? Do they have any role to play?

Do you have to use the words "go and kill them" in order for it to be violence?

I'm trying to be genuine here, because I don't know. I will say it certainly feels like we saw the violence being induced for months ahead of time on twitter without explicit calls for violence.

Should we just allow this?

It's happening still. We have members of congress calling the election stolen. This is how more violence happens. It's a slow burn, but it's a burn.

[jtdev]

If the speech is legal it should not be censored or moderated in any way. Any deviation from that results in the technocrats interfering with the flow of legal information and manipulation of social, economic, and political processes - which is in large part how we ended up with the events of recent months in my opinion.

[nonotreally]

What if it's a private company?

Hackernews famously moderates their comment section, to the benefit of all.

Why can't this happen on Twitter?

[jtdev]

Twitter/HN is not an apples/apples comparison... but sure, Twitter is completely within their _current_ lawful rights to moderate and censor whatever content they want. But I would posit that they are actually causing more harm than good through these efforts, and they've now firmly placed themselves in a total quagmire in doing so.

[nonotreally]

That is a really good point - HN is much smaller and attracts a very different audience.

I agree, they have created a really unfortunate situation for us and for them.

In principal, forgetting the practicalities, would you support HN style moderation on Twitter/FB?

My gut reaction is yes. It seems to be a good balance of gut check and "we don't have time for this".

o/t

5 star online conversation dude.