Radley Balko on Nostr: Odd that we rarely hear the “Twitter is the new town square, so all voices must be ...
Odd that we rarely hear the “Twitter is the new town square, so all voices must be heard” argument anymore.
It was always dumb, as the emergence of Bluesky demonstrates.
But they’re gone silent on politically neutral moderation. It’s almost as if it was never really about free speech!
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