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I would not describe today’s internet as promoting the sharing and reasoned consideration of moderate viewpoints. It turns out that anonymous sock puppets preve
by floatingatoll 5y ago
I would not describe today’s internet as promoting the sharing and reasoned consideration of moderate viewpoints. It turns out that anonymous sock puppets prevent communities from moderating extremism. We’ve invested two decades or more by now into the theory that anonymity will prevent the suppression of moderate voices, and we’ve failed. Time to try something else.
- im3w1l 5y ago> we’ve failed Extremism seems lower than ever to me.
- Pyramus 5y agoNot sure if you are being satirical or not. Political extremism is at an all-time high in Western democracies: The US has seen a president that doesn't respect elections, an attack on the capitol, an ever widening gap between the left/right 'tribes', and poor and rich. Far-right extremism has overtaken Islamist fundamentalism. A decline of newspapers, 'the media' and journalism in general and the rise of Fox News and the like. That's not a US exclusive: UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland paint a similar, slightly less pronounced, picture. We live in a period of unprecedented peace in Western democracies and all signs are pointing towards increased nationalism and instability.
- mdp2021 5y agoI am not sure where you see a rise of nationalism. Particularism for distrust of a broader subjection, for example, is more of a regionalism.
- Pyramus 5y agoUS / China trade war, US / EU tariffs, Brexit, "America First", the rise of nationalist parties all over Europe, some even in government. Border controls in Europe. It's concerning.