HackerNews could not exist in your proposed world.
I doubt YC would hire a full-time staff of moderators to vet every single post. Since we remove things for being off-topic or overly mean, the only possible conclusion is that HN would shut down because they do not want to bear liability for the posts they leave up.
The Internet as we know it would not exist without S230. Please read this[0] for a primer.
I doubt YC would hire a full-time staff of moderators to vet every single post. Since we remove things for being off-topic or overly mean, the only possible conclusion is that HN would shut down because they do not want to bear liability for the posts they leave up.
The Internet as we know it would not exist without S230. Please read this[0] for a primer.
[0]: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200531/23325444617/hello...