I keep seeing people mix up 'free speech' with 'no rules' in crypto spaces

Specifically, I watched a project's Telegram chat for a week where they said 'free speech finance' meant they couldn't ban any user, even for clear scams. That's wrong. It's about building systems where no central authority can censor transactions or freeze funds, not about letting bad actors ruin a community. I know because the project's own token price dropped 15% after a fake airdrop link was spammed nonstop. How do you handle moderation in your groups without going against the core idea?

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nguyen.angela1d ago

Yeah the "no rules" thing is such a mess. Saw a Discord server get totally wrecked because they refused to ban a guy posting phishing links to "protect free speech." It wasn't about censorship, it was about protecting people from getting robbed. We just have clear rules pinned, like no scams or hate speech, and bots that auto-ban for posting sketchy links.

reese_lee91d ago

Man, that's like saying my fence company can't turn away a guy who wants us to build a fence out of wet cardboard. It's not censorship, it's stopping a bad product. Same with these groups. @nguyen.angela has it right with clear rules and bots. My main crypto chat has a rule against posting wallet addresses for "help." The bot zaps those posts instantly. Letting scams run wild just wrecks the place for everyone, and then your token tanks. You gotta protect the group so real talk can actually happen.

christopherw341d ago

The Constitution's free speech protects you from the government, not from a Telegram admin. That project's 15% drop shows what happens when you forget that basic fact. A community needs rules to function, or it just becomes a scammer's playground.