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Everything I've seen suggests that removing platforms actually does reduce this stuff. It's analogous to the argument that there's no point trying to reduce sui
by pkulak 6y ago
Everything I've seen suggests that removing platforms actually does reduce this stuff. It's analogous to the argument that there's no point trying to reduce suicides; people are just gong to do it some other way. But no, if you put a barrier on a bridge, suicides really do go down in total. If you make something even just a little bit more difficult, you reduce it.
- dcow 6y agoI don't think “places to be hateful on the internet” are in short supply.
- ebg13 6y ago> I don't think “places to be hateful on the internet” are in short supply. Neither are ways of committing suicide, and yet stopping people from accessing _obvious_ and _easy_ options does reduce the number of people doing it.
- dcow 6y agoI think it's a lot easier to be hateful, all things considered.
- curryst 6y agoNo, but places to be hateful on a major platform where users might accidentally stumble into your community and stay are. I would guess that most people who get wrapped up in that stuff stumble upon it, rather than it being something they sought out on their own.