It will be interesting to watch, for sure. Informing weirdos and prudes that their opinions are irrelevant and they don't matter is one of 4chans specialities. So I'm definitely looking forward to it 20 years down the road.
The tide seems to be that, all things considered, the internet will have free speech. Actual, real free speech.
"Informing weirdos and prudes that their opinions are irrelevant and they don't matter is one of 4chans specialities."
Its hard to imagine politicians not pandering to the prude weirdos or neopuritans or whatever they call themselves and instead embracing 4chan or reddit (or HN?) culture, but maybe its inevitable?
The tide seems to be that, all things considered, the internet will have free speech. Actual, real free speech.