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an overall well-crafted product with attitudes and principals i admire.
here’s an example:
Things I dislike
Emojis: I dislike emojis partly because they look childish but mostly because their design is controlled by a corporation. See the pistol emoji for reference: on some platforms it appears as a gun, on others a water pistol. I love text.
on social media:
Blot does not have a presence on any of the social media platforms.
on advertisement:
Advertising is at best a distraction. At worst it is invasive and manipulative.
on free speech:
So you accept that free speech causes harm?
Yes, I think that being serious about the principle of free speech means accepting that free speech causes harm. My belief is that the harm resulting from censorship is greater than the harm resulting from free speech. To give up the right to determine which words are acceptable to you is to give up a terrible power.