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Platforms that explicitly enable harmful things (child pornography, racism, and much, much more in the case of 8chan) make the world a worse place. And sure, if
by daeken 8y ago
Platforms that explicitly enable harmful things (child pornography, racism, and much, much more in the case of 8chan) make the world a worse place. And sure, if this person hadn't created 8chan those horrible people may have just congregated somewhere else, but that next person could also decide not to create/support a hateful platform, and the next person, etc. Are they always going to exist? Of course. But we are all responsible for ensuring that they don't come into existence or continue to exist once they do.
- ng12 8y ago> horrible people may have just congregated somewhere else, but that next person could also decide not to create/support a hateful platform, and the next person, etc. But realistically how likely is this? For every sub Reddit bans a new one appears on Voat.
- daeken 8y agoAnd how many people know about Voat versus Reddit? With each ban, the reach drops dramatically. C.f. 4chan vs 8chan.
- flukus 8y agoNot many, but one of the arguments going around is that self reinforcing bubbles have helped create this problem, so forcing people into a smaller more self reinforcing community seems counter-productive.
- ng12 8y agoIf a sub you're on gets banned I'm sure you find out about it pretty quick.