2/ as mentioned times before, i'm for much freedom and some order; that's my base values. i'm also big fan of localism; of communities running their affairs to their own best interest. this includes gatekeeping - gatekeeping is good.
this comes to head with Gab.
3/ Gab is a widely successful *ecosystem* - web services and apps and a brand.
the success clearly indicates their particular choices that are attractive to a sizable number of people. those people end up joining, contributing, and also promoting it in their social circles.
4/ communities need freedom to differentiate themselves from other communities.
the current state of affairs, of exact same *cultural* rule for hundreds of millions of people, of prohibition of moral judgement, of *forced* sameness, etc, fails: leads to abuses & authoritarianism
5/ when i say "communities need a freedom to differentiate themselves from other communities",
it means *your* community shall enjoy freedom to set own rules.
"i may disagree with your community's choices, but you'll defend the freedom to make the choices", simple as.
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1/ Jason raises several objections to my take on Gab & the anime tiddy problem; his thread is worth reading.
i honestly can't give satisfactory answers here as the *frame of reference* is partly orthogonal to mine - and my vocabulary for highly derived problems is lacking :-)
i don't like *the* choice they made.
i do like the fact they were *able to* make a choice.
3/ the dualism (direct dislike / meta like) has a parallel in the freedom of speech problem: do we allow people to advocate abolishing freedom of speech?
*allowing* is defeatist; *disallowing* is self-defeatist.