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[em-bee]

so how can anyone build an alternative without falling into this trap?

[NewEntryHN → em-bee]

Communicate the fact that it's going to be well moderated and isn't a bastion of free speech.

[speedgoose → em-bee]

Most alternatives are all for free speech and consequently become platforms for hate speech. Perhaps the key is the moderation model.

[thearchitect1 → em-bee]

The key is to have less politics and more alternate topics such as hobbies, videos etc.

[krapp → em-bee]

You can't. You can either have free speech and laissez-faire moderation and let the extremists take over, or you can have moderation aggressive enough to drive those elements elsewhere, and have limited (not free) speech.

There is no third option, because people can't be trusted to simply be civil. Nazis or Fascists, pick your poison.

[stockavuryah → em-bee]

Not one alternative, all the alternatives, decentralize everything.

[em-bee → stockavuryah]

isn't that what mastodon is doing?