What’s wrong with this thread? It seems really level headed and exactly accurate to the people I know IRL who are insane-but-left and insane-but-right who won’t shut up about censorship while if you look at their posts it’s just “unhinged person picks fights with and yells at strangers.”
HN in general is convinced that social media is censoring right ideas because it skews counterculture and “grey tribe” and there have been a lot of high profile groups who claim right views while doing the most vile depraved shit like actively trying to harass people into suicide and celebrating it or directing massive internet mobs at largely defenseless not public figures for clout.
As I said in my post, he never justifies this point. To then turn it upon me to prove a negative?
Devils advocating against myself: I do believe the parler deplatforming is the proof for what he says. The world has indeed changed, but anyone who knows the details sure isn't saying why. Why? Because revealing how the world has changed, in the usa, would have some pretty serious consequences.
I don't know. I wish I could have a closed door, off record, tell me everything, conversation with yishan to have him tell me why he believes the world changed, in the context of social media censorship.
In terms of public verified knowledge, nothing at all has changed in the context of censorship. I stand by the point. Elon obviously stands by this as well. Though elon's sudden multiweek delays on unbanning... im expecting he suddenly knows as well.
>You're posting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks.
Guess I'm not allowed to reply again today. No discussion allowed on HN.
I do find it funny they say 'you're posting too fast' but I haven't been able to post on HN or reply to you for an hour. How "fast" am I really going. I expect it will be a couple more hours before I am allowed to post again. How dare I discuss a forbidden subject.
edit/ Guess it is working now?
The most important post in his older thread: https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1514939100444311560
He never ever justifies this point. The world absolutely has not changed in the context of censorship. Censorship apologetics notwithstanding.
The realization is the world changed is a reveal. He as CEO learnt about where the censorship is coming from.