Replies to post #184063 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[janice shell]

That isn't it. It's much more prosaic. They just don't want to be sued.

[DragonBear]

Anyone feeling the noose slowly creeping around their neck over the past 10 years?

No. There is no commie conspiracy at work.

IHUB is a corporate entity. They depend on Ads for a huge chunk of their revenues. If the Advertisers do not want their Ads to be associated with sites being labelled as adult content with Goog or other searches, then they have every right to pull their Ads from those sites. There is nothing in the US Constitution which mandates an Advertiser must do business with a site they object to. IHUB had the choice of finding other Advertisers or addressing the concerns of the current ones. They chose to address the concerns of their present Advertisers. Just a business decision, not forbidden by the 1st Amendment.

Neither does the 1st Amendment guarantee any freedom of speech in the workplace, or a place of business. This site is IHUB's place of business. We have complete freedom to leave if we feel some virtual noose creeping around.