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“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

• 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?