[amadeuspagel]

Before Section 230, common law was going to make everyone who runs a moderated forum liable for content posted by users[1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratton_Oakmont,_Inc._v._Prod....

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

Good. All Section 230 did was grant safe harbor which created the massive consolidated, extractive, and exploitative megacorps we see today.

We would have figured it out naturally as we do other things. Instead, lawmakers forced the internet in an unnatural direction.