On: The Battle Inside Signal

[throwaw4ybio]

>It's like the Komsomol have come to town.

You don't think this is over-egging the custard a bit?

[mc32 → throwaw4ybio]

I wish you were right. But, it doesn't seem like it. This is Signal we're talking about having a discussion about censoring speech --their whole premise was to NOT be aware of the speech users engaged in from the get go.

[girvo → mc32]

I mean Moxie flat out said “nah that’s silly, we’re not doing that”, so I guess I’m not sure what the panic is about. An employee quitting over disagreement? Makes sense to me: the employee is entitled to their opinion! I’ve quit jobs over similar. I disagree with the employee, but this all seems like a storm in a teacup at this point?

[tailspin2019 → mc32]

Are they actually talking about censoring speech though?

I didn’t get that from the article unless I genuinely missed something.

[mrzimmerman → tailspin2019]

No, the question was regarding how to handle activity in the platform deemed illegal under US law.

The specific hypothetical was if the Proud Boys were to recruit people for coordinated violence and not “what if I don’t like someone’s politics?”