I don't agree with removing posts due to downvotes. If you made a mistake sure, but if not, stand by what you said. It's not virtuous to be weak

Which is a nice loophole when we know the battle for votes is primarily fought on social media

Doesn't the concept of freedom of speech necessitate the freedom from speech, ie. the right to remain silent? To force a company to say something they don't want to is in my opinion worse than allowing them to say nothing. I don't expect Breitbart to voice my opinions, for instance, and I don't expect Twitter to voice theirs if they don't want to.

I don't think anyone are assuming everyone is, but assuming a specific reader is male is gonna be correct more often than not