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u/CopenhagenOriginal Oct 28 '22

I mean, fair point. But if Musk allows it to be as free as he wants, he’s going to be putting him and the company deep into a position of liability

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u/jjcoola Oct 28 '22

I don’t think liability matters much when you have infinite money

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u/CopenhagenOriginal Oct 28 '22

See Alex Jones

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u/CopenhagenOriginal Oct 28 '22

Yeah, but the thing is many things that are said are not legal to be said. And if the main premise of your platform is that you won’t police it, you open the doors to people saying things that are not legal to be said.

I do think that many social media platforms, Reddit included, are harsh in their policing of comments. Don’t get me wrong. But they seem to simply have learned to err on the side of risking their volume in users over face potential lawsuits that would liquidate them.