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These groups all exist on ‘general platforms’ - ie Facebook and reddit. But it doesn’t help the situation- in fact, it may worsen it. People end up only connec
by robbiep 8y ago
These groups all exist on ‘general platforms’ - ie Facebook and reddit.
But it doesn’t help the situation- in fact, it may worsen it.
People end up only connected to people that share their viewpoints; and specific discussions in groups or subreddits are not occurring on a ‘soap box’ environment where the broader community is exposed or engaging with it; so it flourishes, with sometimes toxic results
- ng12 8y agoReddit is pretty aggressive with it's censorship. In fact it used the NZ shootings as an excuse to remove several "problematic" subreddits.
- duxup 8y agoThey're randomly aggressive. There's little rhyme or reason to it. They shut down watchpeopledie after some content was posted there and got outside news attention, they have no problem with other subs posting hate and talking about race based wars, violence against minorities and immigrants and etc.