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This is a cancer equivalent in the society. The internet has brought us amazing things, but its starting to show its downsides as well. I've said this before -
by systemvoltage 6y ago
This is a cancer equivalent in the society. The internet has brought us amazing things, but its starting to show its downsides as well. I've said this before - that before the Internet, we had to rally up support locally and physically in person. If we sound too crazy, it will not take off. The internet allows for small voices to reverberate and pick off individuals that resonate, enough momentum is built up through this and then it is unstoppable.
I am a life long believer of free speech and free press. We need better ways to deal with these fringe theories and how they propel through society like cancer while still maintaining reasonable level of freedom of speech. At this point, QAnon is clearly unsubstantiated by any stretch of logic, reasoning and data. It needs to be killed hard with a strong dose of radiation.
Don't feed the cancer. I am terrified of what else is brewing on the internet today.
- hindsightbias 6y agoI thought you were talking about FB. This is the natural course of any platform that can’t self moderate. Everyone gets a megaphone. FB is the norm, there might be rare outliers like HN. But Eternal September is always a semester away.
- raxxorrax 6y ago> We need better ways to deal with these fringe theories. "Don't feed the cancer" is correct in my opinion. There are countless news reports from established media about QAnon just from the last 1-2 days. Maybe the ban on its own would have worked but I doubt it. Curbing free speech is certainly a way to get even more of those even if many people don't like this opinion.