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tl;dr I view Facebook's practices as a form of editorializing but not HN's

Setting aside the valid point about self hosting made by another commenter, I'll note that we don't have to throw the baby out with the bathwater here. Section 230 need not apply to outlets that make "editorial" decisions and can remain in place for places that operate in a largely neutral and transparent manner (for example HN as I understand it).

I see no reason not to hold a tabloid responsible for what it publishes and I further see no inherent reason that highly customized feeds utilizing black box recommendation algorithms designed to benefit the operating party shouldn't be viewed as a form of hands on content promotion (ie editorial in nature).

To me the current arrangement seems like laundering responsibility with "well the algorithm did that, not me" which (IMO) is about as valid as "we didn't violate any financial regulations because we did it all in crypto".