[dqpb]

> Post will be a civil place to debate ideas; learn from experts, journalists, individual creators, and each other;

> Post is designed to give the voice back to the sidelined majority; there are enough platforms for extremists, and we cannot relinquish the town square to them.

If a licensed practicing doctor recommends against getting the covid vaccine, for reasons, is he an expert or an anti-vax extremist?

[lbriner]

This is the hard problem in a nutshell and one thing that no-one who proposes "an alternative Twitter" seems to get.

Extreme free speech? Racism? Maybe. Racial hatred? No, I'm a bit uncomfortable now. Someone questioning the mainstream? Seems harmless; because lizards are taking over the world! No, you are mad but the person who thinks that Soros is taking over the world is welcoime because that sounds less mad.

Good luck.

[7952]

He is a social media user, no more, no less. The problem is when we start attaching authority to that. And the less anonymous the platform, the more authority has an impact.

[dqpb]

lol, what do the downvotes even mean in this context? Is this a stupid question?