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I find the easiest way to addressing online abuse, is not using social media, and installing comment section blockers for browsers. I get the content I want, an

I find the easiest way to addressing online abuse, is not using social media, and installing comment section blockers for browsers. I get the content I want, and I don't have to be distracted by the nonsense.

pavel_lishin 10y ago
This addresses nothing, but merely hides it from your eyes. It's like fighting neighborhood crime by drawing your curtains.
- overcast 10y ago
  The anonymous nature of the Internet will make this endeavor impossible. No one is going to be able to get rid of online abuse, ever. Ignoring/hiding online abuse, is very effective at shutting down the culprits. If no one is effected, they can't do anything.
  - pavel_lishin 10y ago
    I'd wager that you are probably not the target of a lot of this abuse, though - so you likely wouldn't have seen much of it anyway, and wouldn't be as affected by it. (For instance, I'm betting @imadefood doesn't get a lot of tweets from eggs calling you any four-letter profanities that begin with "cu".
    - overcast 10y ago
      You'd be surprised. imadefood is one of many entities I deal with. There's always someone that wants to start something. Best just to ignore.
- mordocai 10y ago
  Except that in this case it really can't affect you at all. In the neighbourhood crime case, you have to leave your house sometime.
gavinpc 10y ago
And in the time that they save, they can read Manufacturing Consent.
onion2k 10y ago
You've chosen to opt out. That works for you, which is great, but you should be aware that it isn't addressing the problem of online abuse in any way whatsoever. Online abuse isn't simply seeing 'the nonsense'; online abuse is when people send hateful messages to you in response to what you post. Suggesting people shouldn't post if they don't want to see the abuse you're cutting off their voice, which is not an acceptable solution. People should be able to say things online if they want to. They shouldn't have to see the horrible responses. That's not to say people shouldn't be able to post horrible responses (although there's a strong argument that they shouldn't), just that there needs to be tools to filter what you receive. That's what Twitter is building. It's a good thing.
- 234dd57d2c8db 10y ago
  Yeah all that is great until you realize the people who control the filters are biased and, for example, allow a hashtag like #killallwhites to exist. Where's the diversity councils and the racism SWAT teams for that?

pavel_lishin 10y ago

This addresses nothing, but merely hides it from your eyes. It's like fighting neighborhood crime by drawing your curtains.

overcast 10y ago
The anonymous nature of the Internet will make this endeavor impossible. No one is going to be able to get rid of online abuse, ever. Ignoring/hiding online abuse, is very effective at shutting down the culprits. If no one is effected, they can't do anything.
- pavel_lishin 10y ago
  I'd wager that you are probably not the target of a lot of this abuse, though - so you likely wouldn't have seen much of it anyway, and wouldn't be as affected by it. (For instance, I'm betting @imadefood doesn't get a lot of tweets from eggs calling you any four-letter profanities that begin with "cu".
  - overcast 10y ago
    You'd be surprised. imadefood is one of many entities I deal with. There's always someone that wants to start something. Best just to ignore.
mordocai 10y ago
Except that in this case it really can't affect you at all. In the neighbourhood crime case, you have to leave your house sometime.

gavinpc 10y ago

And in the time that they save, they can read Manufacturing Consent.

onion2k 10y ago

You've chosen to opt out. That works for you, which is great, but you should be aware that it isn't addressing the problem of online abuse in any way whatsoever. Online abuse isn't simply seeing 'the nonsense'; online abuse is when people send hateful messages to you in response to what you post. Suggesting people shouldn't post if they don't want to see the abuse you're cutting off their voice, which is not an acceptable solution. People should be able to say things online if they want to. They shouldn't have to see the horrible responses. That's not to say people shouldn't be able to post horrible responses (although there's a strong argument that they shouldn't), just that there needs to be tools to filter what you receive. That's what Twitter is building. It's a good thing.

234dd57d2c8db 10y ago
Yeah all that is great until you realize the people who control the filters are biased and, for example, allow a hashtag like #killallwhites to exist. Where's the diversity councils and the racism SWAT teams for that?