Some of the comments in this thread seem intentionally bad-faith or ignorant to how much hate and abuse actually exists on these platforms. The Internet fucking sucks. I stopped using social media because I'm trans and I don't feel like there's a place for me online anymore. No matter where I go, including large platforms like Reddit and Twitter, I'm inevitably subjected to someone expressing their grievances about trans people or the LGBTQ community. There's a part of me that wants to reply and give my perspective, but it's like I can't even have a voice online without the fear of people belittling and harassing me, sending me abusive messages, trying to doxx me, telling me to kill myself or scouring through my profile to try to find whatever they can add to their "cringe compilation" or Kiwifarms thread about how degenerate and disgusting trans people are. My mental health is more important than participating in the shitfest that is online discourse so I just avoid it. I post on Hacker News and a few other places where people are generally respectful, but other than that I've given up on having conversations with strangers online.

I'm an artist and a software dev, I have a lot that I want to share with the world but I don't think I'll ever get the chance to. This world is cruel and these online platforms and social media algorithms amplify that to the point where it feels like the only way to win the game is to not play. Personally, I don't feel one way or the other about online censorship at this point. I think social media has ironically ushered in a culture of anti-social behavior and maybe it's time to move on to something else.