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Dave Cassenti's avatar

I agree that some content moderation is required for Notes, especially since Notes are sent to everyone. However I also believe that we, the users of Notes need to take some responsibility in blocking those who post content that we disagree with.

Just as an example, I blocked a Hitler-wannabe after seeing him post bigoted content on Notes, and start an argument with someone who disagreed with him. Once I did that, I haven’t seen any major speech that I disagreed with.

So, just low a boycott of a store or company, we, the users, need to take some responsibility in our own hands for content moderation, as well as pushing Substack towards their own content moderation standards.

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

the issue isn't really avoiding speech you disagree with, is the problem. It's that sites can become places where people organize genocides. You want to avoid that!

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