Property rights argument for why deplatforming long users should be illegal: "[As with prescriptive easements one] has a right to the mixing of their labor with property.... I put a lot of work into my Twitter account ... tilled the soil, sowed the seeds"https://elaineou.com/2018/08/07/a-lockean-theory-of-digital-property/ …
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Other factor is how much you invested. Back to the property analogy, I let you build a bridge on my property to give you access to yours. Even if it's only been a month, you can't decide to not let me use my bridge anymore. So, if someone invested a lot in their youtube channel..
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That bridge would normally come with a contract though.
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Contracts are incomplete though. You can't think of everything and if it's not specified in the contract you have to fall back on property law.
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Ok, that wasn't the case for us on TripAdvisor. I'm sure digital squatters rights have yet to be successfully applied online. If Jones' message has genuine value, his followers will watch him elsewhere. I suspect it has very superficial entertainment value and most won't.
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Yes it's an "there ought to be a law" argument, even though making analogies to current law, it's not a "there is a law" argument.
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