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It's freedom of speech. Being able to say what you want and suffer the consequences of your decisions is what it is all about.

I think the big reason they are allowing it is because they got to cut the entire cost of having moderation with an external vendor. Not because they have an agenda or anything. Its pure dollars.

On the bright side, if there's a boomer who only posts bad memes about how much he hates his wife, you can say he has a mental illness.

You could before, because it's true, but you still can too.

So what I see is, Meta first creates the problem of trans-metaverse by super aggressive inorganic promotion and then makes it even worse by cutting the expenses on such useless promotion. XD

L for all those who fell for it. Society eats you up (not sexually, keep your pants on) for getting mentally manipulated so easily.

Looking at what's already been said I will most probably get down voted, but it should only back my words up.

People should be able to write everything they want on the internet. And I should have the right to totally ignore everything they say. So why should I become a snowflake and care about other people's opinion or think a big corporation will moderate somebody out of their platform? 🤔

If you don't let them speak up, how are we going to find the racists? They're all old so it's not like they just suddenly appeared when Obama was elected. They've been hiding and hidden. Bring the assholes into the light, and let's get out the dildo of consequence.

This is a good thing.

Let people say what they want. If you don't like it, you can always ignore them.

I feel conflicted. On one hand, people can regulate themselves, and Facebook becoming a bigoted cesspit may bring more people to a moderated Fediverse.

On the other hand, these major platforms having such user monopoly and influence can cause unfettered hate speech to breed violence.

I’m conflicted about the idea that an insidious for-profit megacorporation should be expected to uphold a moral responsibility to prevent violence; their failure to do so might be a necessary wake-up call that ultimately strips them of that problematic influence. Thoughts?