I never understood this reasoning. Prior to X being purchased by Musk, every major social media platform had pretty much exactly the same speech policy. You'd see decisions made in unison.<p>For instance, this was the timeline for Trump being banned off social media<p>January 6-7, 2021: Facebook and Instagram initially suspended Trump's accounts for 24 hours, then extended it "indefinitely"<p>January 7, 2021: Twitch disabled Trump's channel<p>January 8, 2021: Twitter permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump acc
ount<p>January 9, 2021: Several other platforms took action, including:<p>Reddit banned the "r/DonaldTrump" subreddit<p>Shopify removed Trump-related online stores<p>Snapchat disabled Trump's account<p>Various dates: Other platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, and others implemented their own restrictions or bans around this time<p>Obviously this banning didn't occur due to actions on their platforms, but an organized effort was made to remove a person's digital presence from the internet. And it more or less worked for a long time.<p>Is a social media monoculture really a good thing? Nearly every other platform has pretty much the same policy on whatever the Mastodon CEO thinks is 'hate speech'.