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Conference speakers being checked for political affiliation is crazy but not surprising - are there specific examples of this? On sites like reddit you often s
by newman8r 9y ago
Conference speakers being checked for political affiliation is crazy but not surprising - are there specific examples of this?
On sites like reddit you often see reasonable arguments shot down based on the author's political leanings gleaned from their comment history. The chilling effect is made clear when you see people having to preface their commentary with "I hate x, but... {insert argument here}"
- liberte82 9y ago"You post on 'X' sub. That says all I need to know about you."
- newman8r 9y agoIt's a vicious cycle where opposing sides become more polarized with every interaction. For some, the only way out is apathy.
- java_script 9y agoI think it's more that pre-reddit/twitter/facebook we all had separate online forums, chat rooms, etc and now it's all centralized to the same few sites. For example before reddit we didn't have popular fascist subforums hosted on the same site as a liberal politics subforum, where people could cross-post and PM between them.
- liberte82 9y agoThis is a good point. I used to frequent DemocraticUnderground back in the 2004 days during the Kerry campaign. It was as bad an echo chamber as anything we see today. The alternative site was FreeRepublic (or 'freepers', as we called them). However, the fact that you didn't have to go to that site or see those people's opinions if you didn't want to, made a big difference to how vitriolic the whole thing felt.