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My understanding is that studies show deplatforming actually works if the goal is to remove the broader cultural influence of a group. That is to say, if there
by PuppyTailWags 5y ago
My understanding is that studies show deplatforming actually works if the goal is to remove the broader cultural influence of a group. That is to say, if there is a group on platform A who are then group-banned from platform A, when they move to platform B the group is actually smaller in size and has less influence. If this happens from platform B to platform C the group continues to become smaller and have less influence. The same papers I read also pointed out that the people who follow the group across platforms become more and more entrenched though, which is also interesting.
- kansface 5y agoOr you know, occasionally you accidentally create a new front in the culture war which is far more expansive and destructive than the side effects of the original problem.
- inglor_cz 5y agoIf this were true, "heretical" movements (Christians in the Roman Empire, Protestants in the 16th century, Liberals in the 19th century, Nationalists in multi-national empires of the early 20th century) would have never prevailed, because they were "deplatformed" by the powers-that-be with vigor. In fact, they were often even decapitated, not just deplatformed. But they were often successful in the end anyway. Brute force (and deplatforming is brute force) isn't an automatic recipe for victory in a war of ideas.