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on Monday October 29 2018, @08:15AM
from the social-commentary-on-social-media dept.
from the social-commentary-on-social-media dept.
The social network gab.com is apparently going down on Monday, October 29th at 09:00 ET. Their ISP has terminated their services, ostensibly because Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh mass shooting suspect, had made offensive posts on Gab.
To get this out of the way: I have mixed feelings about Gab, more specifically, about the founders. However, the idea that some social network somewhere should refuse to censor anything that is not outright illegal? This is good. Social media has become the modern "market square", and free speech should be guaranteed, even if the platforms are technically private.
If you want free speech, you apparently don't want to be in the U.S.
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Social Media and the Pittsburgh Shooter: Gab.com Going Down
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(Score: 2, Troll) by aristarchus on Monday October 29 2018, @10:51AM (7 children)
All this vitriol and harsh talk! Surely it would have been better to have a nice, rational, middle-of-the-road aristarchus submission [soylentnews.org] on this topic?
Peace and love to all Soylentils!
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday October 29 2018, @11:42AM (1 child)
Sorta has a ring of truth to it.
Alas, no matter if Gab would have remained active or not, there's no warranty that certain people could express themselves through words. Even if only for 'ctelectual development, see?
Question: should Trump helps them too?
And another: who will help Trump express himself through words?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday October 29 2018, @11:53AM
But what does an ed say?
Thank you, choromas, your sympathy is much appreciated. However, I have now submitted an updated submission, which most probably should not be merged.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @01:15PM
11 people are dead. SN censors aristarchus subs.
And yet, they still have the gall to act like victims.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday October 29 2018, @01:16PM (2 children)
I think that submission would have been fine if you hadn't taken potshots at other Soylentils in it.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @07:27PM (1 child)
You know that editors quite frequently modify the text of submissions yes?
It is amusing that for "free speech" SN seems to draw the line at story submissions. So SN is free but not really, color me surprised (please don't shoot me in the back)
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @10:30PM
Nobody's stopping you from publishing a journal entry. Regulars around here will likely comment on it.
But to meet the standards for publishing something on the front page, there should be a little editorial discretion.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 29 2018, @03:18PM
If the R team still has a majority in the House after the 6th, I hope somebody kicks your nuts in, old man.
You idiots truly do not get that your brand of right-wing authoritarianism is no better than the other brand of right-wing authoritarianism. In fact, it's idiots like you that created the alt-right by embracing and normalizing postmodernist irrationality while telling the working class to eat cake.
A pox on both your houses.