if we ban politics, we ban the entirety of free speech in general
this is literally not true. if we ban politics from wasteof.money, we ban politics. free speech is still allowed, just don’t bring up politics lmao. this policy is implemented in so many places (schools, companies, etc).
if this happens, governments would be banned from joining wasteof
we’ll cross that bridge when we get there lmao
which can result in many governments banning the platform altogether
yeah that makes sense, government is prevented from joining a social media website in order to spread their political influence and beliefs and subsequently totally bans the website altogether
people would be silenced for speaking their political beliefs
literally like two people on this entire platform actively try to talk about politics
making individuals go to other sites, eventually causing the shutdown of the website due to lack of use
the ratio of political speakers to non-political speakers on this platform says otherwise
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also, banning politics from wasteof is not censorship. censorship is banning the distribution of information about a certain topic in order to inhibit the public knowledge about said topic. banning politics in the interest of keeping the platform pure does not inhibit your ability to simply look up political events and post about them on another platform such as twitter. my point about banning politics still stands.
Hello guys!
I’ve been hearing your comments regarding your opinion on banning politics in general, and I have some strong things to say. If we ban politics, we ban the entirety of free speech in general. You may think, “but what about X (or Twitter)?” Sure, Elon Musk does advocate for free speech and is a leader of DOGE, but let’s keep it a buck. wasteof allows other people to express their opinions on things too, and it makes me really sad that people are advocating for censorship of politics and political figures in general. If this happens, governments would be banned from joining wasteof, which can result in many governments banning the platform altogether. People would be silenced for speaking their political beliefs, and they would end up leaving the site, making individuals go to other sites, eventually causing the shutdown of the website due to lack of use. So please, if you don’t want politics, don’t engage in them, and feel free to discuss something else. Express what you believe politically, and don’t let anyone stop you from standing up for your identity. We are proud people, and we will not stand for any censorship on this platform because of our identity or any identities that oppose us. Feel free to speak your mind on us, but we will not be afraid to stand up for what we believe too. Whether you guys like it or not, up to you. But don’t censor things just because you don’t like it, that’s not free speech. Let’s be better, together.
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based on what people say, I feel like a content warning system could help, as well as rules regarding keeping discussions as discussions and not heated arguments. I wouldn’t be against a general ban though, considering how discussions of political topics often devolve pretty fast here.
a content warning system could help, but i don’t really know how efficiently that might play out. it might help to try it out, but if it doesnt work then a general ban wouldn’t be out of the question