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> While alt-right figures have been increasingly chased off Facebook and Twitter, podcasting is shaping up as the next arena where the fight over questionable o
by Gravyness 6y ago
> While alt-right figures have been increasingly chased off Facebook and Twitter, podcasting is shaping up as the next arena where the fight over questionable or dangerous content will play out.
I can't read this and not read "We banned people who disagree with us because they had some silly ideas and now they went to other platforms and are gaining support!"
When platforms choose to censor people, they seem to feel like they effectively "killed" the threat. No, the people you refused to argue with just moved and they'll definitely bring everyone who thinks like they do together.
These platforms are going against the information age, towards some kind of "censor age" - It won't work. This will only alienate people into groups that hate each other.
- badconvincer 6y agoIt would be silly if these people weren’t implicitly calling for violence against entire groups of people. It’s a little more serious than “silly”.
- jjeaff 6y agoI think it could be argued that kicking people off these platforms may serve to more radicalize their most ardent supporters. But there is no way that being kicked off your primary platform doesn't significantly shrink your viewership at least in the short to mid term.