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> To me it seems obvious the feedback works in the opposite direction. Deplatforming disrupts the feedback bubbles that radicalize these people. I'm not too su
by jfim 6y ago
> To me it seems obvious the feedback works in the opposite direction. Deplatforming disrupts the feedback bubbles that radicalize these people.
I'm not too sure about that. For people who are already radicalized and believe that there's a conspiracy of some kind working against them, wouldn't that just "prove" that there is such a conspiracy?
I agree that deplatforming will prevent future people from being radicalized, but what about the people who already are? The whole pizzagate incident shows that there are definitely people who believe all kinds of conspiracy theories, and are convinced enough to act on them.
I wonder what the solution for that is, though.
- rootusrootus 6y ago> I wonder what the solution for that is, though. Ironically, maybe Trump showed us the right solution with his tirade against section 230. i.e. the end of the social media platforms.
- bra-ket 6y agoradicalization is now part of mainstream culture, but I don’t understand the double standard, giving e.g. the “white supremacists” conspiracy by the left prime time on all the networks, but censoring conservatives (and they have no lack of dumb conspiracies of course), but why only one side is silenced and shut down? Free speech apparently is only free if it agrees with the ‘party line’ these days.