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My money is on it has the opposite effect, and by banning these people it moves their fans onto fringe platforms that will shuttle them towards even more bizarr
by JamesBarney 6y ago
My money is on it has the opposite effect, and by banning these people it moves their fans onto fringe platforms that will shuttle them towards even more bizarre/fringe/extreme views.
Here's a study that shows it pushes people towards more moderate videos.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.11211.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.11211.pdf
- ohgodplsno 6y agoYouTube exposes these ideas to hundreds of millions. Those fringe, extreme platforms are both unknown and already have the stigma or being fringe, extreme platforms. Take a look at Gab, and how The_Donald got laughed out of it because they were not white supremacist enough. So, yeah, I think I can live with the white supremacists clearly identifying themselves.