The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 17th May 2017
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Moderation rules are more lenient for this section, but try and play nicely.
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EVEN GIVEN allowances for curmudgeonhood and egos the size of a bus.
There’s a reason why TS has censorship, or rather, why authors will ban if you go through there routines and rulz. What free speech on an internet site usually turns into is the professional trolls dominating everything, or one side, eventually driving everyone else out so they can crow about their victory.
The fact of the matter is, I think will happen – that in ten or so years you’ll find that unmoderated sites will be very rare.