Twitter has a liberal bias, they unfairly target anyone who runs contrary to the narrative they prefer to support. That's facts and that's plain to see. But Twitter, even though it's very popular, is still a private website. I don't like their bias, I don't like that, despite the massive share of the world audience they hold, if I wanna reach that audience I probably can't because my words will be stifled because they might offend someone, I don't like Twitter's policies. But Internet forums have had their own policies since Internet forums first existed. We have our own policies here, even.
Would you call out Roblox for not letting you swear word at people? I don't think you would, because you understand that Roblox has rules about what kind of speech they allow. Same as Twitter. Even though they don't come out and say it, fact is "Be a liberal or else" is the rule around there. So why don't we, if only begrudgingly, accept it? Like we do for Roblox? Because Twitter has become "the public square."
But isn't that basically just saying "Everyone's on Twitter, therefore Twitter shouldn't be allowed to have its own policies?" The biggest crime Twitter is committing right now, I think, is trying to bullshit people about not having a bias. What they should do is say "Look, we don't like alternative ideas, if you want alternative ideas, make your own Twitter." There's no rule that says just because a thing is popular, the government should seize control of it.
Would you call out Roblox for not letting you swear word at people? I don't think you would, because you understand that Roblox has rules about what kind of speech they allow. Same as Twitter. Even though they don't come out and say it, fact is "Be a liberal or else" is the rule around there. So why don't we, if only begrudgingly, accept it? Like we do for Roblox? Because Twitter has become "the public square."
But isn't that basically just saying "Everyone's on Twitter, therefore Twitter shouldn't be allowed to have its own policies?" The biggest crime Twitter is committing right now, I think, is trying to bullshit people about not having a bias. What they should do is say "Look, we don't like alternative ideas, if you want alternative ideas, make your own Twitter." There's no rule that says just because a thing is popular, the government should seize control of it.
