Federation make it censorship resistant when it comes to discussions, no one person can ban all dissent, while consensus of the instances can ban all the hate speech, and there's the tool of defederation to stop instances that allows hate speech to go uncontrolled.
Lemmy and fediverse platforms are probably the best examples of "Free Speech" platforms there are that, unlike those other "Free Speech" platforms, this isn't just filled with hate speech all the time, although it isn't perfect, and there are still jerks sometimes.
Edit: As to why a "Reddit" type platform with communities and upvote/downvotes, its because I don't like the "Twitter" style of following people. People become bad all the time. I like to discuss topics, not focus discussions on a person.
I don't want to advertise Reddit, but I gotta say they do have an onion site.
Although... they fucked it up with rate limiting. Yes, IP-based rate-limiting on TOR network...
Allows Tor and VPNs
UI is so clean and mobile browser friendly
No "Download Our App" annoying BS
No ads
Federation make it censorship resistant when it comes to discussions, no one person can ban all dissent, while consensus of the instances can ban all the hate speech, and there's the tool of defederation to stop instances that allows hate speech to go uncontrolled.
Lemmy and fediverse platforms are probably the best examples of "Free Speech" platforms there are that, unlike those other "Free Speech" platforms, this isn't just filled with hate speech all the time, although it isn't perfect, and there are still jerks sometimes.
Edit: As to why a "Reddit" type platform with communities and upvote/downvotes, its because I don't like the "Twitter" style of following people. People become bad all the time. I like to discuss topics, not focus discussions on a person.
I don't want to advertise Reddit, but I gotta say they do have an onion site.
Although... they fucked it up with rate limiting. Yes, IP-based rate-limiting on TOR network...
Yea the onion site still doesn't let you make an account.
Nothing beside your real IP would work on their site. Its a shitshow.
Oh, no, this isn't just about making an account. They won't even let you log in.