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> but I know one thing that isn't the solution: silencing everyone who disagrees with you this assumes that the people on the internet are arguing in good fait
by weaksauce 7y ago
> but I know one thing that isn't the solution: silencing everyone who disagrees with you
this assumes that the people on the internet are arguing in good faith. they aren't in a lot of cases. the problem i have is willful ignorance and the associated culture that promotes the people that spread lies.
- kerkeslager 7y agoThat actually doesn't matter. Remember, the point of debating publicly isn't to persuade the person you are debating, it's to persuade the people reading the debate.
- cthor 7y agoI don't think this is that important because there are far more people reading than posting. Even if the person you're responding to isn't arguing in good faith, there are people reading the discussion with an inquisitive mind. or, see this comic: https://imgur.com/T8egYQl https://imgur.com/T8egYQl
- Udik 7y agoGood comic! But isn't the number of people reading a problem per se? The "deniers", those who keep shifting their arguments until they've gone full circle to the starting point, are not trying to convince you- nor you are trying to convince them. They're competing with you for the attention of the reader, trying to fill the space with the illusion of an argument.
- weaksauce 7y agothe concept is called sea lioning.
- sagichmal 7y agoWhat makes you think the people reading are reading in good faith?