but the site admins have to ban in some cases, sadly
No, they really don't. Hosting a public forum is not an endorsement of all, or any, views expressed in it. As long as they ban nobody, they're not responsible for what anyone says. But, the moment they decided to ban the first person, because they didn't like what he said, they accepted responsibility for what everyone says.
It's the same story as everywhere else. Once you start censoring, there's no going back. You'll have to keep censoring. Little by little. More and more. Until all that's left is brain-dead noise, so bland and shapeless that nobody can take offense at it.
Aka poal on the way towards a reddit style echo chamber
'Just build your own website, bro'
---they can do what they want, it's a free site, and they don't have to follow OUR wishes. I will miss TS, because I used to fuck with him a lot.
That's not a great analogy as a mecanic that changes out the oil doesn't suddenly become responsible for the transmission thats about to go out
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