3 ms·
> Moderate people are repulsed by such forums and the quantity of hate-speech they generate, which further compounds the negative feedback loop. Lots of people
by Alex3917 7y ago
> Moderate people are repulsed by such forums and the quantity of hate-speech they generate, which further compounds the negative feedback loop.
Lots of people are afraid of blood and spiders, but we still have doctors and exterminators.
Actually changing other people's opinions doesn't always look like having your friends Like your Facebook posts.
- saltminer 7y agoThis is a bad analogy because that's not how free speech havens tend to work out in practice. What happens is you probably have a fairly normal crowd at first, then the racists, anti-semites, etc start stumbling in. Gradually, normal/moderate people leave, especially those who are members of the minority groups the newcomers hate. The local Overton window shifts as moderate voices disappear and dissent becomes more scarce, making the site even less appealing to normal people who stumble across it. >Lots of people are afraid of blood and spiders These are inevitable in life. But you can choose to use a forum that is full of flat-earthers, racists, etc or you can choose to go elsewhere and not have to deal with people harassing you for what you were born as or what you believe in.