Following the vote, here is a thread where this question is raised.
I am really confused why so many people lately have this desire to either block the comment section or to delete others’ comments. About one month ago @Grégoire Vigroux and @Jasseem Allybokus sent invitation letters to presidents, politicians, and MEPs to join eYou. Some politicians already joined the platform. As I said before, I really believe that eYou’s core is built and continually shaped by people. Now imagine that the platform continues to grow and more politicians and public figures join. What happens when the political side can cherry-pick or completely block our opinions? Yes, we can legally act through the voting system, but voting implies each of us has opinions and opinions can be strongly forged in debates and in reading others’ points of view. Furthermore, our comments and reactions also send a message. It’s a two-way communication, not a monologue. And yes, this would apply to everyone, public figure or not; But I just feel like this specific point of view has been overlooked. To simply “re-post” on our feed with our opinions attached just does not have the same reachability. I expect the comment section to be strongly opinionated, but that’s the beauty of it. Also, any person that is toxic or hateful is just marketing themselves publicly, for all to see their nature. “We want democracy, but not with too many comments” 🤭 I don’t believe in a clean feed, I believe in free speech. As @gaius already mentioned in one of his latest posts: Deleting comments and blocking is handy, but it's the easy way out. It's not cleaning up your own feed, and it isn't free speech, it's just digital bullying with a delete key, because bullying can also be done by the person who blocks users or deletes their comments. Additionally, people who desire to have an option to post a picture or a thought that is not exposed to comments, I think a good implementation would be a “Stories” feature (like the ones on FB/IG), with reactions only. What is your take?




