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I see this opinion often yet people who share it don’t explain how exactly a complete lack of censorship is supposed to ward against manipulation. It also ignor
by enumjorge 6y ago
I see this opinion often yet people who share it don’t explain how exactly a complete lack of censorship is supposed to ward against manipulation. It also ignores the flip side where a lack of moderation can help misinformation to spread faster than it would otherwise.
- Craighead 6y agoMostly because that opinion is founded on a misunderstanding of reality. Opinions have always been manipulated. The implication that usenet or irc or mailing lists are somehow "clean" of manipulation is obviously false.
- 34679 6y agoActual employees of reddit can investigate and remove mods who act outside of guidelines, but they don't.
- xqaqx 6y agoThe traditional solution for this on mailing lists and Usenet was to tell the misinformation spreader in no uncertain terms that he is an idiot. There was a reason for the tone back then and it worked. Flames however are also censored nowadays, since it is essential for the people in power to maintain polite meaningless conversation that will never lead to any actions.
- nickalaso 6y agoMisinformation is different from censorship. I would personally rather have to sort through misinfo myself, rather than run the risk of having truthful information hidden from me.
- CathedralBorrow 6y agoCouldn't these two situations be viewed as the same thing? You can hide information just as well by surrounding it with misinformation.