MyPillow CEO’s free speech social network will ban posts that take the Lord’s name in vain

42    16 Apr 2021 13:39 by u/Aevann

44 comments

28 u/None 16 Apr 2021 14:02
I guess free speech means something else now.
-1 u/JewryBTFO 16 Apr 2021 16:01
Constitution has always been written by Luciferians Nothing is new under the sun
-3 u/ThisNameIsAvailable 16 Apr 2021 16:09
Free to go be profane somewhere else. Can you post gay kiddie porn on ruqqus?
18 u/captainmeta4 16 Apr 2021 14:11
"free speech" only means for people he likes, I guess. Between this and the trainwreck that is MyStore, this guy is going downhill fast. He needs to focus on pillows and excel at that, rather than being sub-mediocre at multiple things.
3 u/Ryaniskira 16 Apr 2021 14:24
It's not ideal, but it's also a straight list of things that are not allowed unlike most social media with vague rules that can be applied to anyone the owners of the site want to get rid of. Instead of "no 'hate speech'" which as we know anything can be 'hate speech" he just gives list of words or phrases that are not allowed. The only other company I know that comes close to this is Microsoft which at least gives examples of words/phrases that are allowed and even context.
5 u/Prepresentation 16 Apr 2021 14:34
That list will expand, I guarantee it.
0 u/None 16 Apr 2021 15:08
look who's talking.
3 u/GlorglaSpiffernan 16 Apr 2021 15:28
I'll wish him luck with it all and hope it succeeds, but I'm not holding my breath. The pillow is decent but not amazing. And I kinda feel like he's just riding the wave of fame he got for being an outspoken trump supporter. It'll crest and break eventually
5 u/passdayeyo 16 Apr 2021 15:20
As a software engineer, it's my dream to build a site that only has to follow US law and fuck everything else. I wonder why no one has done this yet.
2 u/ThisNameIsAvailable 16 Apr 2021 16:10
limited profitability probably
2 u/WhoFlu 16 Apr 2021 17:38
Definitely a big part of it. People need a reason to use the site, more than just "we're free speech."
5 u/None 16 Apr 2021 18:12
god dammit, I am so sick of the Left and the Right squeezing me from both sides.
4 u/ZippyTheFox 16 Apr 2021 20:20
Yup. It's either "OMG my baby saw an uncensoed nipple!" or "OMG my baby heard a white guy say the n-word!"
4 u/ijuliank 16 Apr 2021 14:13
We need an update!!! Ruqqus still on amazon hosting, that parler is banned of.... Bare mental servers we need!
3 u/None 16 Apr 2021 14:18
We're still flying under the radar so it's fine for now.
1 u/WhoFlu 16 Apr 2021 17:37
Setting up infrastructure "from scratch" can be rather expensive and painful. Flying under-the-radar obviously will only go so far, but I understand why Ruqqus might not have made the move yet.
3 u/Bstoff 16 Apr 2021 14:00
I'm ok with this, as long as normal, conversational content is allowed. It's much more important that everyone can voice their opinion and present information that other outlets are deeming to be false, misleading, controversial, etc..
3 u/QuantumLegion 16 Apr 2021 14:39
Christians=The Original Cancel Culture
3 u/Rorybabory 16 Apr 2021 18:18
Yeah the dudes an idiot. He can't call it a free speech site if he is going to ban something so simple that goes against his own views. Also has anyone seen what his site looks like right now. (In case it changes, its all broken html, and asking for your personal info). Also, if someone isn't willing to allow something so basic, what's saying won't ban other things later? Basically I'm sticking to ruqqus. The pillows are pretty good tho. He should stick to that.
2 u/None 16 Apr 2021 14:31
God damnit...
0 u/Prepresentation 16 Apr 2021 14:34
Oh we got a badass here.
1 u/christianmusicreleases 16 Apr 2021 15:01
Where do I sign up?
1 u/Save_the_humans 16 Apr 2021 15:15
Much as I like the sentiment that definitely isn’t free speech.
1 u/Epstein 16 Apr 2021 15:22
Why do we need more than gab?
1 u/ZippyTheFox 16 Apr 2021 20:19
Why not? More competition is a good thing in a capitalist society, and the more prominent alt services there are, the more likely someone might like one of them and move over to it.
1 u/Epstein 16 Apr 2021 20:21
Well all these alt tech companies are very small as they are and vulnerable. They have to be built up before more are necessary
1 u/ZippyTheFox 16 Apr 2021 20:24
That is true too. Still I won't discourage it.
1 u/FinesseAdept 16 Apr 2021 19:11
No offense but I think this is a flop. He should stick to making an Amazon alternative.
1 u/Cruxfire 16 Apr 2021 20:59
It really free speech now is it?
1 u/Lukginzis 20 Apr 2021 16:41
"Free speech"
0 u/IAmNotABusinessMan 16 Apr 2021 14:11
Tbf, the platform allows free speech, but it censors swear words, bad language, and taking the Lords name in vain. They ban the n word, f word, c word, and others, according to the article. It's not ideal, but it makes a lot more sense than an arbitrary limitation on speech. It's free speech, but more family friendly.
5 u/Prepresentation 16 Apr 2021 14:36
Instead of auto censoring, why not give the option to filter. Then it would be legit free speech and the limitations on free speech would be applied from the user instead of dictated by the site. That would be better imo since we all know any censoring just eventually grows into more censoring until you go full Reddit.
-2 u/JewryBTFO 16 Apr 2021 16:04
Christcommunism is antitheatical to the values of the USA
1 u/IAmNotABusinessMan 17 Apr 2021 12:48
So that users that are under the age of 13 do not need to register in order to use the site without seeing profanity. There are laws against sites that collect data on those under the age of 13. I generally agree with you, but I think you can communicate your point without using profanity. It would be different if they banned the name Eric Ciaramella.
1 u/F1GM3NT 16 Apr 2021 18:44
That's not free speech. That's censorship based on religious views instead of political views.