Unless the government is somehow involved, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc.
aren't suppressing free speech. They have the right to censor whatever we
say, since it is their network we are using.

I agree in principle, but these platforms are working in conjunction with governments to suppress views they do no like. So, while I agree that a private business can run this way they should stop the pretense of being an open platform.

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Matthew Crews <mattcrews@mattcrews.com> wrote:
> I would say it has picked up in popularity for the same reason Gab
> and so many others have picked up in popularity. People are
> awakening to the fact that twitter and other main stream social
> media networks (facebook, reddit) are censoring comments and
> we are actively losing our right to free speech.

Unless the government is somehow involved, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, etc.
aren't suppressing free speech. They have the right to censor whatever we
say, since it is their network we are using.

Conversely, we also have the right to not use such services that actively
censor.

Remember: On any service that relies on advertising revenue, the user is the
"product", and not the service itself. The customer is advertisers.
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