Free Speech and Offensive Content

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[–]fschmidt[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

If a site is designed for non-morons, it will have almost no users, just like this sub. So I want to address the needs of both morons and non-morons. I would never use MOST, I would just use SUBSCRIBED and ALL. But MOST is needed for the morons who are too lazy to mute subs and are easily offended. Is there really any point to subjecting morons to anything that challenges their silly and boring worldview? I don't see any.

Also, I am reluctant to establish a code of conduct that can't be trivially defined and judged. A non-trivial code of conduct would result in endless debates about how the site should be run.

[–]Cornfed 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

If there is going to be a thumb on the scale in favour of the establishment like with the rest of the Internet then there is arguably no point in troubling yourself. Some of the less moronic morons may see reason if exposed to it for long enough. Things seemed to be working out that way on social media before the purge of 17, which is why the purge happened.