by McLaren_Ferrari on 4/27/2022, 5:57 PM with comments
  • by shreyshnaccount on 4/27/2022, 6:19 PM

    Hackernews doesn't stop the avg Joe from making an account and contributing to the discussion, but only upholds its principles which are intellectual. So in my books that's not limiting free speech, that's just limiting non sense to achieve a higher s:n. It doesn't penalise any opinion explicitly. Its about being curious.

  • by Finnucane on 4/27/2022, 6:01 PM

    No. There's no 'free speech' obligation for a platform to promote your speech. Or to promote itself beyond what it sees as its own audience and mission. As you note, the value of niche forums is the high signal/noise ratio--topical discussions stay (more or less) on topic.

  • by shreyshnaccount on 4/27/2022, 6:20 PM

    The Elon worship is probably misplaced, but hey, HN doesn't stop free speech.

  • by alpaca128 on 4/27/2022, 6:18 PM

    Not spreading information does not imply limiting it.

    > Elon Musk is truly a God and I don't think we are worthy to live on the same planet as him.

    Well then send him to Mars, he can have his divine space rock and we have a planet without Elon Musk. Win-win