(Note: Jack didn’t write, sign or send this message.) Dear All, Thank you for making our social platform the most exciting and diverse public forum on the planet. Because of you, we have survived and thrived for nearly twelve years now. The road has not been without bumps, but here we are, thanks to your support. Our first profitable quarter is a good time to reflect on some of the things we have done well and where we have gone wrong. Most importantly, I’d like to talk about our learning and how we will do much better from now on. We need to be a profitable company – one able to sustain itself. But we also want to be a force for good in the world, as we have from Day 1. In striving to create a better and more sustainable product for you, we may have sometimes lost sight of this mission. We have been listening closely to your feedback and remain committed to making our platform more transparent and more useful, so let’s get something out of the way right now. We are biased, and we know it. We are biased because we are human. We are biased and we cannot credibly police speech or “fake news” beyond obvious threats and harassment. We cannot and will not act as a Ministry of Truth. But we can take steps to get our bias out of the way, and today I want to talk about some of the things we are going to do about it. We are committed to being the go-to place for free exchange of ideas, promoting peace, open dialog and innovation. We are already taking action on these commitments and in the coming days we will roll out a number of improvements, many of them suggested … Continue reading BANNED: Jack’s Unsent Message to the Community