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A fair request. I did sign up some months ago to see for myself, but you can get a good idea perusing the references on their wikipedia article. https://en.wik

by jtr1 7y ago

A fair request. I did sign up some months ago to see for myself, but you can get a good idea perusing the references on their wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network)

ptah 7y ago
as an aside i always find it amusing that agitating for removing freedom from people based on religion, ethnicity or sex is somehow considered an enshrined freedom
- anon12345690 7y ago
  but you want to remove freedom from people just for saying something you dont like. thats bad too.
  - ptah 7y ago
    it is not about something i don't like. it is about stopping people from ruining people's lives: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850
    - anon12345690 7y ago
      what does this have to do with anything? censorship doesnt fix this
- antepodius 7y ago
  You're advocating removing freedom from people you don't like. This is, presumably, also an enshrined freedom.
  - ptah 7y ago
    it is not about people i don't like. i don't have any feelings either way about them. it is about stopping people from ruining people's lives: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850
- ptah 7y ago
  it is not about something or someone i don't like. it is about stopping people from ruining people's lives: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850
rlt 7y ago
I think it’s important to separate the actions and intents of the company from their users. Any platform that has free speech as a core value will tend to attract objectionable people and content. That wiki page is mostly about the horrible things some of their users say and do.
- jakelazaroff 7y ago
  Elsewhere in the thread, I've posted a link to screenshots of their official Twitter account making anti-Semitic comments. Here's an image of their founder using a white supremacist hand sign: https://web.archive.org/web/20190530190836/https://inshorts.com/en/news/startups-protrump-ceo-removed-from-y-combinator-network-1479031577237 https://web.archive.org/web/20190530190836/https://inshorts....
  - yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
    ... The "OK" hand sign?
    - jakelazaroff 7y ago
      https://www.adl.org/blog/how-the-ok-symbol-became-a-popular-trolling-gesture https://www.adl.org/blog/how-the-ok-symbol-became-a-popular-...
      - rlt 7y ago
        Did you read the article or even the headline? The ADL literally says it's a trolling gesture, not a white supremacist sign. You can argue that this type of trolling is bad because helps normalize white supremacy, but that doesn't mean their motivation is actual white supremacy.
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by jtr1 7y ago

ptah 7y ago

as an aside i always find it amusing that agitating for removing freedom from people based on religion, ethnicity or sex is somehow considered an enshrined freedom

anon12345690 7y ago
but you want to remove freedom from people just for saying something you dont like. thats bad too.
- ptah 7y ago
  it is not about something i don't like. it is about stopping people from ruining people's lives: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850
  - anon12345690 7y ago
    what does this have to do with anything? censorship doesnt fix this
antepodius 7y ago
You're advocating removing freedom from people you don't like. This is, presumably, also an enshrined freedom.
- ptah 7y ago
  it is not about people i don't like. i don't have any feelings either way about them. it is about stopping people from ruining people's lives: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850
ptah 7y ago
it is not about something or someone i don't like. it is about stopping people from ruining people's lives: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48458850

rlt 7y ago

I think it’s important to separate the actions and intents of the company from their users. Any platform that has free speech as a core value will tend to attract objectionable people and content. That wiki page is mostly about the horrible things some of their users say and do.

jakelazaroff 7y ago
Elsewhere in the thread, I've posted a link to screenshots of their official Twitter account making anti-Semitic comments. Here's an image of their founder using a white supremacist hand sign: https://web.archive.org/web/20190530190836/https://inshorts.com/en/news/startups-protrump-ceo-removed-from-y-combinator-network-1479031577237 https://web.archive.org/web/20190530190836/https://inshorts....
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
  ... The "OK" hand sign?
  - jakelazaroff 7y ago
    https://www.adl.org/blog/how-the-ok-symbol-became-a-popular-trolling-gesture https://www.adl.org/blog/how-the-ok-symbol-became-a-popular-...
    - rlt 7y ago
      Did you read the article or even the headline? The ADL literally says it's a trolling gesture, not a white supremacist sign. You can argue that this type of trolling is bad because helps normalize white supremacy, but that doesn't mean their motivation is actual white supremacy.
      - deleted 7y ago
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