“ But all the internet enabled is just more people talking to each other about what's on their mind. ”

Isn’t one of the big complaints about social media that only like 1% or .1% of users get promoted?

I think the problem is your last paragraph buries the lede. - the social media companies want to make this about content, because algorithmic feeds are what make meta a trillion dollar company instead of a 50 billion dollar company.

I do think there would be a fair bit of agreement with your thesis if your minor caveat at the end wasn’t the big huge problem.

I think most of these bans are because no one has figured out how to ban the algorithmic feed and SV isn’t self-regulating.

There would still be plenty of moral panics about the content, but I think the bans are picking up speed because of the form.

I don’t care that my kid wants to join a satanic death cult I care that Meta has figured out how to monetize satanic death cult membership in the algorithm.