'Free speech' around here is still dependent on the mods, exactly like it was in Reddit.
this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2025
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At least there aren't as many fascist mods here, yet.
Yet being the keyword.
Please define "free speech". Thx.
Free but accountable speech. Nobody should want a forum without moderation, it would be a toxic mess.
You didn’t define “free speech.”
Ok good answer but I was really asking OP (in terms of that list).
Ay, there's the rub.
Even the article's author chooses to exclude some types of content, like porn.
Anyone who thinks you can have both absolutely no restraint on speech and an environment that isn't a cesspit hasn't seen what humans do in an environment that has absolutely no restraint on speech. Constructive discourse requires that there be someone to moderate and throw out the trolls, the spammers, and that guy who, wherever he goes, preaches about the effect of weather conditions inside the hollow earth on the lizardmen who select US presidential candidates.
Nostr is absolutely unfiltered and it shows. Not for the feint of heart.
Spam about a once in a lifetime opportunity for generational wealth via an investment into PooPooCoin?
Yeah, that's the most dominant, but also sometimes nazi shit and the worst kinds of porn. Oh and I just had a guy eating raw meat and another one hit someone in the head from behind with some sort of tool. No idea what it was about, because I didn't speak that language.
Yeah I checked out of Nostr after CSAM started appearing in my feed. That really sucked because I liked the technology, but there’s a line to be drawn.
Sounds about right for crypto scheme participants.
At the rate we're going in the US, anti science and antisocial, clubbing one's next meal or foes and eating the meat raw for lack of other tools is not far off current trajectory.
Thanks for the info. I've heard of it but never tried it.
Does it at least have easy ways for users to filter what they don't want? E.g. block lists that users can subscribe to.
No, AFAIK you can just follow or block users and then get a feed of the followed.
Also you get a feed of replies to your posts.
It also has an NSFW flag. In the Yana client it's called "Automatically open sensitive content". It will then show a button, instead of loading things the author flagged sensitive.'
I seem to receive messages in all languages as well. Some have interesting pics of burnt cars.
Thanks for the details.
I guess 4chan is still down?
I don't believe that Bluesky, Mastodon, or Lemmy truly promote free speech. I haven't used the other platforms mentioned here, so I can't comment on their effectiveness regarding free speech. For me, the only place where I experience complete free speech is on my own website.
Not Lemmy. I get moderated quite a lot :)
What kind of things do you say that get "moderated"? (And what, deleted? Censored?)