First they came for Alex Jones, then...

[SteyrAUG]

He could not, but it would be expensive to replicate the bandwidth, capacity, uptime, hacking protection, backups, sysop time, and periodic equipment replacement. Then you have the issue of being invisible to popular searches via Google, YouTube, social media likes/follows, advertiser revenue, etc.


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If I invented and controlled the major internet outlets I'd probably have little time for Al Jizz, Huffy Po and all the leftists / socialist editorial biased media sources and I'd probably jettison shit like the American Communist Party and other domestic enemies actively working to undermine this nation.

So I respect their right to do that same.

It's a lot like when the Dixie Chicks got on the wrong side of the accepted political spectrum for their musical genre, they had free speech but it came at a cost. And then suddenly they had less options for their expression.

Speech is free, but it can cost you later.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

This is the modern version of book burning.
If your political view, opinion or even your own wild fictional story is not appreciated, it simply will be expunged from the news and it's history of ever existing will be removed forever.
How convenient can that be for those who have power and want to keep it?

And they used the free airwaves and the demand of 'inclusiveness' based on some 'protected class' to get their message out. The modern Progressive movement ideas don't even have widespread support now, but you'd think they were cannon by how the MSM reports on them.

The left demanded that the rest of us lower a ladder for them to get on the boat, now they are kicking us off the boat and yanked the ladder. We've been Natalie Wooded.


Sure you can host your own server. Try some alternative to Twitter. Pass around VHS tapes of your videos. Blacks could have sat in the back of the bus. Women could have been heard even if they couldn't vote.

These people were supposed to be conduits, not controllers- especially asymmetric arbiters of what is 'is'. If they are going to be the gate keepers, they're function, responsibilities and oversight have to change.

You can just look to Britain and Canada to see where this goes pretty quickly.


ETA: This kind of "It's private" so my rights don't matter crap really piss me off. My city or state can bank roll a stadium or building and not own it, but the 'owner' can then try to restrict my 2A rights to carry. The place was paid for by the govt, but they make them private so that all the rules and protections and oversight don't apply to them. Facebook, by saying that they are just a 'board' can winnow down its costs while growing and take advantage of the the network function of growth. Then when they are at hegemony and near monopoly size, the just flip the switch and they are a full control. They built it under one rule and now run it under another. It's like in the 3D community where a company is open source and people contribute to develop and fix the product, and then someone takes that tech private and runs in their own direction.

[grnamin]

What's next? AJ sets up his own server(s) and can't get internet access because providers refuse to do business with him?

[RetroRevolver77]

I think that once a social media platform gets to a point where it dominates the entire market then it needs to operate fairly across all political spectrum's. It's no longer "their website, their rules" when it's the only game in town.

[ralph]

What's next? AJ sets up his own server(s) and can't get internet access because providers refuse to do business with him?

Exactly. That's part of the plan..1. Label your enemy 2. Cut off all sources of support. 3.Watch him die. What bothers me is what's going on with the NRA, and NYS. If this is sucessful, I can see NYS using this against the gun industry as a whole, Because almost all banking services come from, or end up at Wall St..They could simply pick a manfacturer out, research his banking practices, follow the money until it lands in a New York bank, threaten that bank until they agree to sever services, sit back and watch them die..If they sue, simply string them along and force them to spend more money in court. As NYS has an endless supply of money for this via the taxpayer.. It's a rotten scheme and one that just might work unless the Gov't steps in and stops it..

[grnamin]

I think that once a social media platform gets to a point where it dominates the entire market then it needs to operate fairly across all political spectrum's. It's no longer "their website, their rules" when it's the only game in town.

Just like phone companies.

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[Doc Safari]

The cat is out of the bag that the social media sites are nothing more than platforms to further the leftist agenda. Talking to some people I know who have kid/teenagers, their impression is that "Facebook and Twitter are for old people." I think all of these sites have sewn the seeds of their own destruction. Just look at how Facebook had the largest single plunge in value in history a week or so ago. All these guys like Zuckerberg better enjoy it while it's hot, because the backlash is coming "bigly".

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

That purge and the stock drop is forcing them into into the time honored Progressives secret Squirrel strategic playbook of "Do something" and make sure it is full of virtue signaling.

Frankly, I think they fomented this 'crisis' so that the govt would step in, then they get to control it, get and get govt support.

[VARIABLE9]

I have two words for Alex Jones.

PornHub

[Outlander Systems]

I feel so free.