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# Graham  I too prefer curated spaces, but I prefer to choose the...

*December 1, 2022 — Comment Archer T. Ships replied to Graham Hine's comment.*

Graham  I too prefer curated spaces, but I prefer to choose the curators myself, rather than have them imposed upon me by people who are ideologically opposed to me. Twitter and Reddit, in particular, once prided themselves on being strong supporters of free speech, and took a light touch to "curation", limiting themselves mostly to blocking spam.   Curation was left to the mods of the communities that users voluntarily chose to join. Over time though, the corporations asserted increasing control.  Now they've gone far beyond blocking spam, and are actively trying to drive their users toward progressive ideology, and censor topics that don't comport with current mainstream progressive ideology/social programs. That's not what I signed up for when I joined those communities, and helped drive their early growth. And it's flabbergasting to me that the same people who once waxed sanctimonious about the dangers of excessive corporate power during the Net Neutrality debates, now cheer as the tech titans collude to suppress the speech of the President of the United States, suppress truthful information,  and kill any competitors who might challenge their hegemony.