Ask HN: Do any significant web communities exist anymore that value free speech?

3 points by jdprgm 135 days ago | 2 comments

Basically I am curious if anyone is part of a community that moderates from the perspective of "is this spam" and "is this an AI bot" and largely outside of anything actually illegal leaves any other posts from what they determine are likely actually humans alone. The web seems to absolutely fucking suck lately.

al_borland 135 days ago |

The problem I’ve noticed is that if a platform advertises itself as a “free speech” platform, they attract the worst people who were banned from everywhere else, and post nothing but horrible and borderline illegal stuff. It’s mostly people with extremist views and there is little to no room for a nuanced conversation.

The best is a platform that has these values, but never says a single word about it.

4d4m 135 days ago |

They do for fleeting moments, before being acquired, deplatformed, or taken down by nation states. This is why some believe decentralized tech like nostr is required to fight oppression (moderation by those forces)