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posted by janrinok on Sunday June 16 2019, @08:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the thinks-pot-should-be-legal? dept.

From reporting by The Daily Dot.

Conservative psychologist/alt-right guru Jordan Peterson officially announced that he is launching what he calls a "free speech platform" known as Thinkspot.

Peterson insists that Thinkspot will adhere to his principles of anti-censorship so strongly that the platform will only ban or remove users if it is ordered to do so by the U.S. court of law. Because there's no way that could go horribly wrong.

Peterson also mentioned that Thinkspot will have a minimum word count as opposed to a maximum. "If minimum comment length is 50 words, you're gonna have to put a little thought into it," Peterson said to the right-wing outlet NewsBusters. "Even if you're being a troll, you'll be a quasi-witty troll."

Thinkspot is being marketed as a creator-to-consumer payment processor such as Patreon while also serving as an alternative to services such as Twitter and YouTube.

Thinkspot has an intended release date of August 2019.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Pino P on Sunday June 16 2019, @09:44PM (5 children)

    by Pino P (4721) on Sunday June 16 2019, @09:44PM (#856348) Journal

    How will Thinkspot maintain relationships with the major electronic payment networks, which no-platformed Hatreon?

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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Monday June 17 2019, @12:16AM (3 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday June 17 2019, @12:16AM (#856409)

    It won't matter because this will last 10 minutes.

    Remember when the alt-right threw a hissy-fit on Reddit and all went to Voat? That lasted about 3 months.

    They spent all their time attacking each other and acting like arseholes.

    Now there is tumbleweed because everybody left.

    • (Score: 1) by aristarchus on Monday June 17 2019, @12:35AM (2 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Monday June 17 2019, @12:35AM (#856417) Journal

      This sounds strangely familiar.

      (Perhaps because I am currently double spam modded for trying to start a discussion on vacant summaries?)

      As Babe Ruth said about a popular restaurant, "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."

      • (Score: 2) by shortscreen on Monday June 17 2019, @09:51AM (1 child)

        by shortscreen (2252) on Monday June 17 2019, @09:51AM (#856557) Journal

        Babe Ruth? Nah... That's a Yogi Berra-ism.

  • (Score: 2) by Username on Monday June 17 2019, @08:29AM

    by Username (4557) on Monday June 17 2019, @08:29AM (#856537)

    That is a good question. I think what stopped most neonazi platforms is the fact they would have to go through payment process companies from black and brown countries they hate. I don't think Jordan has this problem. He probably likes the idea of supporting chinese business at the expense of white american ones. I am assuming that Chinese payment processors are integrated with american ones, and can take american cards.