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by dudefeliciano 15 days ago
ony if you explain how infinite scroll is necessary for freedom of speech and of the press
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It doesn’t have to be necessary to be protected. 1A does not require that speech be “necessary”. Your rights are your rights.
You still are missing the point which is: how does infinite scroll relate to freedom of speech? It just doesn't.
How does choosing your book’s font and margins apply to freedom of speech? Why should you get to choose that as an author/publisher?
> How does choosing your book’s font and margins apply to freedom of speech?

The fonts and margins dont communicate anything by themselves. There is a book that communicates ideas/opinions and that is what's protected by the first amendment. If someone found a font that exploits the brains reward mechanism and causes all sorts of mental health problems perhaps that should be regulated too.

Infinite scroll doesn't communicate anything by itself, it is purely a revenue maximizing feature that, as it turns out, has negative effects for people. There is no underlying idea or opinion here that Meta is communicating that should be protected by free speech.

Tell me you’ve never done serious graphic design work without telling me
Fonts are protected, you say? Then what if someone makes a font where every character is a different scene of child pornography? Would it be protected?
should we check with you every time we want to do anything or...?