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0 pointsquanticle3y ago0 comments

>The big unanswered question is how they'll manage to stay good given the obvious incentive of abusing this setup.

Why do you think they're still "good"? CloudFlare has chosen to abandon sites that held free speech (abhorrent speech, but still free speech) while still protecting forums upon which credit cards and methamphetamine were listed for sale on the front page.

To me, that's not a sign of a "good" actor.

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waboremo3y ago

Free speech doesn't exist within the context of a privately held website.

marcellus233y ago

Free speech is an ideal, not just an amendment.

riffraff3y ago

but a private entity (person or corp) does not have any obligation to protect ideas they find abhorrent to be considered on the side of "good".

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quanticleOP3y ago

Agreed, but it's a strange value system that says, "Dealing meth and stolen credit cards is okay, but having a web forum that makes fun of people is not."

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