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The site says you're using Algorand. When everyone is using Ethereum, why go against the grain?

> You want to take that away from me while pretending to do it for the greater good, when in reality it’s just a selfish desire to impose your will on others. Let's call a spade, a…

> I do not want sideloading, I do not want alternative stores, I do not want the so-called “healthy competition”. Good. Don't use them. Do you use every single feature of your phon…

And what do you do when your webhost becomes your moderator and deplatforms your site, on the exact same day? We can take this all the way to fabricating wires to build computers t…

For someone whose username is 'quotemstr' (quote master), that post is a great, short explanation of that idea and very.. quotable.

> But the thought of a government body deciding when a company may and may not enforce its rules is chilling. In general I agree with you; I only consider this kind of thinking val…

In the short term, sure it would. If you tear up one field in the middle of planting and plant another, it'll hurt short term; 10 years later it'll be a funny story. Markets love a…

> The slippery slope argument is generally regarded as a logical fallacy because the argument can be applied to anything. Can you expand on this? I've seen the claim several times,…

Not impossible at all, just an incredibly... very.. bad... scary.. idea.

I literally started asking around on the web for exactly this today. Seriously taking a look, this looks promising. We built an app on AppSync and Cognito and I want to get off AWS…

Incognito won't help unfortunately. I've tried this on a few occasions and it still pollutes my suggestions. I've noticed that using Brave seems to blunt it -- I have to watch alot…

Free speech is not a right granted by the government, it is a principle and a natural right. We all have it. The government has nothing to do with it. Even if we all lived in anarc…

I found their response underwhelming as well. I am tentatively willing to accept that these are simply applications of free speech and section 230, provided that the EFF prompt gov…

Would you like AWS to moderate every line you write on HN? Or how about this. Would you like the CEO of Parler to be telling you what you are allowed to write? That is the conseque…

This is an excellent point. I've been thinking about how to make it succinctly, I think this is as good a way as any.

Disclaimer: I have never used Parler. But I firmly believe in the principle of free speech and not stifling discourse. And no, not just over Parler. But maybe over Twitter bannings…

You kicking someone out of your house doesn't change the fundamental balance of society. AWS, Apple and Google deciding on behalf of 3 billion people what they're allowed to read, …

No it absolutely does not.

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/326/501/ The more people are involved, the more interest the state has in private property. This is why for example we have employment a…

Exactly, so Parler gets to decide how Parler is moderated. AWS gets to decide if Parler is violating the law, and remove it for that reason. If you want to introduce other reasons.…

I haven't used Parler but I'd wager the vast majority of its content isn't. If you want to pick out content, I guarantee I can match post for post with something identical on Twitt…

You missed the point. Scale is what matters, not privacy. The Supreme Court has ruled that free speech on private property is still protected when questions of scale are introduced…

> No, everybody is. In a democratic society, it is the responsibility of every citizen and corporation to act in accordance with democratic values. Exactly, everybody is. In a demo…

Exactly because right now, between Apple, Google and AWS, several billion people have had a decision made for them. That looks like government behavior to me.

You make some good points. I want to reply to a couple of them. I like the idea of a decentralized platform, but I agree that the solution has to be a legislative one. What's being…