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Can we ban Facebook under the same social harm policy? I think there is little doubt that social media in general is harmful to society. I wonder if it will be
by eloff 5y ago
Can we ban Facebook under the same social harm policy? I think there is little doubt that social media in general is harmful to society. I wonder if it will be one of those mistakes we look back on as a society and wonder how we allowed it.
- avalys 5y agoHow would you define "social media"?
- amelius 5y agoHN is social media too.
- bilbo0s 5y agoTouché. This is the danger of these kinds of discussions. As humans, our rhetoric normally veers precariously close to: "We should get rid of [insert troublesome thing here]. But not my [insert troublesome thing here]. My [insert troublesome thing here] is good."
- soheil 5y agoHN is run by a benevolent dictator for now, I suspect the moment it started shadow-banning or deploy the same sleazy tactics as FB no one would tolerate it here. It would probably go to the oblivion.
- SpicyLemonZest 5y agoHN regularly uses shadowbans, although there's a setting that lets you opt into shadowbanned comments if you really want to see them. The unfortunate reality, as anyone who's tried to run a discussion forum can tell you, is that some users are very dedicated to ruining the quality of discourse and they'll find a way around any attempt to stop them from posting.
- sellyme 5y ago> I suspect the moment it started shadow-banning [...] no one would tolerate it here HN has been shadow-banning accounts since at least 2012 so I'm not too sure about that one.
- eloff 5y agoI'm under no illusions about HN either. It's my guilty pleasure, but it's also largely a waste of time. It's blocked on my computer, I only use it from my phone and I keep my phone out of reach when I'm working.
- foxfluff 5y agoEven on HN, the most voted submissions (this one included) tend to be some sort of outrage or controversy -- very often something you can do little or nothing about. I'm seeing rather polarized views, but even without it, neverending controversy seems like a negative thing for individuals' mental wellbeing and probably the society at large.
- rastafang 5y agoand there is probably more censorship on HN (percentage-wise)
- vmception 5y agoIts only a matter a time before those internet killswitches get used on social media companies and data brokers under public health orders I'm looking forward to the simultaenous multi-pronged state level actions using the tools we already have Where we are now is purely tolerance and pretend
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