@jeff @Linux_in_a_Bit I come from a different era of the Internet where most people running websites and forums had jobs and couldn't really afford to be people's parents. You'd have to actually do something harmful to get banned.
There weren't as many people on the Internet at that time, and I tend to think that most people don't want freedom on that scale -- having your own ideas and others having their own ideas, and you'd clash and you'd hash it out or you'd ignore each other because daddy wasn't going to step in and send either of you to your room.
I wonder if a lot of people come to the fediverse thinking "Oh great! I can say whatever I want and not get banned!" only to realize "Oh shit! People I don't like can say whatever they want and not get banned!" and run right back to their curated gardens provided by big tech? Fact is, freedom sounds pretty, but it's ugly and you need to have a taste for it to enjoy it.
There weren't as many people on the Internet at that time, and I tend to think that most people don't want freedom on that scale -- having your own ideas and others having their own ideas, and you'd clash and you'd hash it out or you'd ignore each other because daddy wasn't going to step in and send either of you to your room.
I wonder if a lot of people come to the fediverse thinking "Oh great! I can say whatever I want and not get banned!" only to realize "Oh shit! People I don't like can say whatever they want and not get banned!" and run right back to their curated gardens provided by big tech? Fact is, freedom sounds pretty, but it's ugly and you need to have a taste for it to enjoy it.
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