Re: This could be solved by...
El Reg's forums are not social media. They are forums.
About the only thing they have in common is an upvote button. (The forums, unlike social media, also have a downvote button.) You don't get a news feed. You don't get 'things you might like'. You don't get instant messaging. You don't get targeted ads. You DO get moderation; El Reg, unlike social media, is aware that it owns its own webspace and is responsible for what is posted on it, and acts accordingly, rather than doing what social media does i.e. pretending that it's 'the public internet' and not bothering to act until governments try to make them.
(Incidentally El Reg doesn't always get it right. Lewis had my original account suspended when I called him out one too many times on his global warming denial articles. Can I have it back now please?)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
