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From page 2 of the first study: > r/CoonTown was a racist subreddit dedicated to violent hate speech against African Americans. It contained “a buffet of crude

From page 2 of the first study: > r/CoonTown was a racist subreddit dedicated to violent hate speech against African Americans. It contained “a buffet of crude jokes and racial slurs, complaints about the liberal media, links to news stories that highlight black-on-white crime or Confederate pride, and discussions of black people appropriating white culture” [28]. Their banner featured a cartoon of a black man hanging, with a Klansman in the background [20]. It had over 20,000 subscribers at the time of banning.3 The following is a representative, highly-upvoted comment from the subreddit: > “It would be so much easier if this [n-word] was taken outside and shot. Then rasslle up his eight or nine [kids] and shoot them so we can terminate that line of genes.” And from the abstract: > We find that the ban worked for Reddit. More accounts than expected discontinued using the site; those that stayed drastically decreased their hate speech usage—by at least 80%. Would you like to try again?

someguydave 8y ago
“The ban worked” means something very specific in the context of one website, that does not generalize to reasonable public policy. And yes, it borders on the tautology I pointed out before - banning content results in banned content. This fails to address the question: is banning content a good idea?
- JamesLeonis 8y ago
  Why not read the study? > 1.2 Research Questions & Findings > We analyze the effects of the ban at two levels: the user level and the community level. > RQ1: What effect did Reddit’s ban have on the contributors to banned subreddits? > RQ1a: How were their activity levels affected? > RQ1b: How did their hate speech usage change, if at all? > RQ2: What effect did the ban have on subreddits that saw an influx of banned subreddit users? > RQ2a: To which subreddits did the contributors to banned subreddits migrate after the ban? > RQ2b: How did hate speech usage by migrants change in these subreddits, if at all? > RQ2c: How did hate speech usage by preexisting users change in these subreddits, if at all? >And yes, it borders on the tautology It's the study of the before-and-after effects of banning two subreddits, particularly on users of those subreddits as they migrated to others. Where is the tautology? > that does not generalize to reasonable public policy. The second paper, from the person you Ad Hominem described as "some woman’s opinion on how people should write about Internet-related news," directly talks about how you can generalize these ideas into combatting attacks on the Internet to prevent their amplification. EDIT: That "some woman": Whitney Phillips; PhD 2012, English with an emphasis on folklore, University of Oregon Would you like to try again?

someguydave 8y ago

“The ban worked” means something very specific in the context of one website, that does not generalize to reasonable public policy. And yes, it borders on the tautology I pointed out before - banning content results in banned content. This fails to address the question: is banning content a good idea?

JamesLeonis 8y ago
Why not read the study? > 1.2 Research Questions & Findings > We analyze the effects of the ban at two levels: the user level and the community level. > RQ1: What effect did Reddit’s ban have on the contributors to banned subreddits? > RQ1a: How were their activity levels affected? > RQ1b: How did their hate speech usage change, if at all? > RQ2: What effect did the ban have on subreddits that saw an influx of banned subreddit users? > RQ2a: To which subreddits did the contributors to banned subreddits migrate after the ban? > RQ2b: How did hate speech usage by migrants change in these subreddits, if at all? > RQ2c: How did hate speech usage by preexisting users change in these subreddits, if at all? >And yes, it borders on the tautology It's the study of the before-and-after effects of banning two subreddits, particularly on users of those subreddits as they migrated to others. Where is the tautology? > that does not generalize to reasonable public policy. The second paper, from the person you Ad Hominem described as "some woman’s opinion on how people should write about Internet-related news," directly talks about how you can generalize these ideas into combatting attacks on the Internet to prevent their amplification. EDIT: That "some woman": Whitney Phillips; PhD 2012, English with an emphasis on folklore, University of Oregon Would you like to try again?