It doesn't matter what software you use. There's no point to hashtags on Lemmy. It's just a fundamentally different platform in that way. And I find it incredibly annoying that Masto, Twitter, and other microblogging platforms will tag everyone who was ever involved in a thread. Character limits are stupid and remove all nuance from any conversation. Not to mention all those automated tags eat into your character limits and just add a bunch of clutter for no reason. If you reply to someone on Lemmy, they get a notification, so the only time you need to tag someone is if you want them to see your comment and you didn't reply specifically to them.
Ulrich
The far right in the US argues that "free speech" means forcing large SM orgs to give them a platform
Yes that's what it means. The platforms are under no obligation to give it to them, but if they don't allow certain types of speech, that is the definition of censorship (the opposite of free speech). It is their prerogative as a private platform to censor speech.
and this UN goon seems to think it means silencing "hate speech" (I guess freedom from speech?).
The UN goons think silencing hate speech is not censorship. It is. Let's stop playing senseless semantics games and just own it. Say "yes we are censoring hate speech" because arguing that it's not is dishonest.
what does that mean if not the right to free speech?
It just means being allowed to say what you want. It has nothing to do with rights or laws.
Just because the far right tries to change the definition
Uhhhh that's the opposite of what's happening. The UN is the one trying to change the definition to pretend it means something other than what it does.
letting them say what they want doesn't change anything. That's not free speech,
Yes. That is the very definition of free speech.
that's restricting the platform owner's speech.
The platform is not the one being censored. The users are.
There are plenty of potential alternatives in such a wild scenario.