I don't even want to hear about free speech. You aren't entitled to someone else's attention. Trolling is not a Constitutional right. You want to do that, spin up your own instance.
And certainly, someone could start a free-speech-anarchist instance with all pest controls off. For mastodon.social, though, I think they have a real responsibility to crack down on this shit.
The right to abuse is not about freedom. It silences people. It restricts freedom and expression—it never enhances it.
@csilverman "The right to abuse is not about freedom." Thank you. Harassment and expressing unpopular opinions are not one and the same. If we can express ourselves passionately and share what we enjoy freely, everyone wins... but we have to want that enough to protect each other.
