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Can you provide some evidence they catered to hate groups? It was my understanding they attracted hate groups due to their policy of 'free speech', but did not

Can you provide some evidence they catered to hate groups? It was my understanding they attracted hate groups due to their policy of 'free speech', but did not specifically cater to them

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pii 6y ago
> I live under a rock
bastawhiz 6y ago
Sorry, what does this even mean? What does it mean to "cater to hate groups" beyond promising them safe harbor? Do you think they have a "Hate" button instead of a Like button? A search engine for minorities to dox? Lynch mob organizing features? I really don't know how much more catered you can get beyond saying "we're the site you want to use, but without the pesky rules." Trying to dissect the semantics here is pedantry beyond my comprehension.
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dave_sullivan 6y ago
Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes? Con: LOL no...no not those views Me: So....deregulation? Con: Haha no not those views either Me: Which views, exactly? Con: Oh, you know the ones
- Turing_Machine 6y ago
  Do you genuinely believe that "debating" a cartoon parody of your opponents is a reasonable method of discourse?
  - dave_sullivan 6y ago
    "yes"
  - yeetawayhn 6y ago
    If it feels good, doesn't that make it reasonable?
- roenxi 6y ago
  When Trump was banned from Twitter, they literally cited [0] “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” as a reason to ban him and claimed that it must be read as inciting violence. The other tweet wasn't as jaw droppingly banal but it was still perfectly acceptable political fare. It is pretty clear they didn't have any quotes to back up supposed incitement. There is a lack of evidence behind the innuendo. It is likely they banned him for representing conservative views. [0] https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspensio...
  - yrro 6y ago
    Either the context around Trump's tweets shot over your head, or you are you being obtuse. The very link you provided explains the context which you completely ignore in your post.
esperent 6y ago
If you have a policy that allows any kind of speech, including hate speech, then you de-facto cater to hate groups. However, Gab goes further than that and quite explicitly caters to far right hate groups, as detailed in this comment over on ARS: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/gab-the-far-right-website-has-been-hacked-and-70gb-of-data-leaked/?comments=1&post=39705728&mode=quote https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/gab-t...
anigbrowl 6y ago
https://gab.com/ANS https://gab.com/ANS https://gab.com/CNSM https://gab.com/CNSM For example
- cm2187 6y ago
  95 and 52 followers. Is that representative of the platform?
  - 4ggr0 6y ago
    Well, I don't really care how many followers these accounts have - How many look at their posts daily withouth following the account, as not to "expose" themselves. The American National Socialist shows a huge group of Nazis plus a Swastika in their banner picture, does it really matter then how many followers they have? Not that it's representative, but it is certainly a "feature" of gab.
  - anigbrowl 6y ago
    The request was for evidence about whether Gab caters to hate groups. I chose examples for their glaringly obvious nature as opposed to their popularity.

Can you provide some evidence they catered to hate groups? It was my understanding they attracted hate groups due to their policy of 'free speech', but did not specifically cater to them

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pii 6y ago

> I live under a rock

bastawhiz 6y ago

Sorry, what does this even mean? What does it mean to "cater to hate groups" beyond promising them safe harbor? Do you think they have a "Hate" button instead of a Like button? A search engine for minorities to dox? Lynch mob organizing features? I really don't know how much more catered you can get beyond saying "we're the site you want to use, but without the pesky rules." Trying to dissect the semantics here is pedantry beyond my comprehension.

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dave_sullivan 6y ago

Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes? Con: LOL no...no not those views Me: So....deregulation? Con: Haha no not those views either Me: Which views, exactly? Con: Oh, you know the ones

Turing_Machine 6y ago
Do you genuinely believe that "debating" a cartoon parody of your opponents is a reasonable method of discourse?
- dave_sullivan 6y ago
  "yes"
- yeetawayhn 6y ago
  If it feels good, doesn't that make it reasonable?
roenxi 6y ago
When Trump was banned from Twitter, they literally cited [0] “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” as a reason to ban him and claimed that it must be read as inciting violence. The other tweet wasn't as jaw droppingly banal but it was still perfectly acceptable political fare. It is pretty clear they didn't have any quotes to back up supposed incitement. There is a lack of evidence behind the innuendo. It is likely they banned him for representing conservative views. [0] https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspensio...
- yrro 6y ago
  Either the context around Trump's tweets shot over your head, or you are you being obtuse. The very link you provided explains the context which you completely ignore in your post.

esperent 6y ago

If you have a policy that allows any kind of speech, including hate speech, then you de-facto cater to hate groups. However, Gab goes further than that and quite explicitly caters to far right hate groups, as detailed in this comment over on ARS: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/gab-the-far-right-website-has-been-hacked-and-70gb-of-data-leaked/?comments=1&post=39705728&mode=quote https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/gab-t...

anigbrowl 6y ago

https://gab.com/ANS https://gab.com/ANS https://gab.com/CNSM https://gab.com/CNSM For example

cm2187 6y ago
95 and 52 followers. Is that representative of the platform?
- 4ggr0 6y ago
  Well, I don't really care how many followers these accounts have - How many look at their posts daily withouth following the account, as not to "expose" themselves. The American National Socialist shows a huge group of Nazis plus a Swastika in their banner picture, does it really matter then how many followers they have? Not that it's representative, but it is certainly a "feature" of gab.
- anigbrowl 6y ago
  The request was for evidence about whether Gab caters to hate groups. I chose examples for their glaringly obvious nature as opposed to their popularity.