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I don't like the subreddit but if I did, I would be interested in participating in their community on a separate website. To each their own, I guess. Why I don
by benatkin 8y ago
I don't like the subreddit but if I did, I would be interested in participating in their community on a separate website. To each their own, I guess.
Why I don't like it: a big part of it is people taking troll posts seriously. The third post down on changeaview.com when I visited it is "To be transgender or to condone it is nothing short of a lie". Then the author goes through a bunch of talking points. They're not there to give people a fair chance to change their view but to get people to read their garbage. Still, people argue posts like these and get to feel good about it, when they're really just helping to provide attention to trolls.
- detcader 8y agoI'm interested in how this taxonomy of discussion works... can you define the lines between what is "fair" discussion, "talking points" "trolling" and "garbage"? Like, where does criticism of Israeli military aggression against Palestinians fall? If that's an easy one, what about Ilhan Omar's views on the government's influence in geopolitical affairs? Whatever your answers, would many people not disagree?
- r00fus 8y agoIt’s mainly diagnosed on repetition of talking points. If it sounds like astroturfed content then it’s likely to be so, whether intentional or not.