I'd put SN banning something in the same bucket as YouTube banning something. The difference is only quantitative, not qualitative. Normal business operation. Your house, your rules.

But the government banning something is a different bucket altogether.

SpaceHodler

I agree with your logic, but I still would hate to see shitcoin territories. This is Stacker News, and  was started as a bitcoin site. I guess at the point the nostr sub was formed the gates are open. That's probably for the best

siggy47

bitcoin

Can You Be A Libertarian Toxic Bitcoin Maximalist?

I'd be okay with shitcoin territories on SN.  In fact, I'd probably prefer that SN allow shitcoin territories than try to ban or censor them.  I just rarely think shutting down speech is the right answer.  If it's a problem for people I think the solution would be create more tools to let users filter only the content they want to see.

That being said, I wouldn't see SN banning something as the same degree of problem as the government, or YouTube banning something.  Scale matters when talking about censorship, it's not just a private/public distinction.