It isn't, obviously.
I think one of the key issues of our times is Freedom of Speech in light of the extreme proliferation of political propaganda. Today it is simply FAR too easy to mislead and befuddle the electorate, especially with human nature being what it is. People prefer to hear agreement with their pre-existing conceptions. With the internet, it is completely possible to consult a dozen news sources, corroborated with right wing radio and Fox News, and never be exposed to not just an objective treatment of a political or social issue, but to never be exposed to any actual facts underlying the issue. And right now there is no consequence at all for lying at will - it's all very real benefit to the unscrupulous political operative and no cost. This is a Big Fucking Problem.
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
I don't think it was, it wasn't me that claimed it was. Ominous Gamer who was boasting about how successful reddit etc were at removing it - which is nice for Reddit but for the idea of making sure "it dies out like the quarantined disease that it is" is just a nonsense because its just internet whackamole, it didn't remove it from the internet it just displaces it to other sites. Nothing is dying out.
um, I didn't make any claims about anything being driven underground in relation to the election. That was completely you Maybe you've confused on the timeline of events, or content that was monitored? You do remember that Trump got a disproportionate amount of media coverage right? And while some people think thats because of negative coverage, you have to remember that his followers don't hold any moral or politcal beliefs beyond "making liberals cry", just look at Lewk.
and you're commenting on a realworld example about how poorly groups transition from site to site. How many people did we lose coming from Atari? Sure, some of those people might have transitioned to other sites, but the more people spread out the less welcoming their views are and less expressed they become (this was actually covered in the research). The farther down the rabbit hole you go to find a welcoming platform the less and less people you reach.
Last edited by Ominous Gamer; 11-02-2017 at 12:34 PM.
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