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I like this article on the trouble with not censoring: But once you remove all those things, you’re left with people honestly and civilly arguing for their
by adamgordonbell 5y ago
I like this article on the trouble with not censoring:
But once you remove all those things, you’re left with people honestly and civilly arguing for their opinions. And that’s the scariest thing of all.
Some people think society should tolerate pedophilia, are obsessed with this, and can rattle off a laundry list of studies that they say justify their opinion. Some people think police officers are enforcers of oppression and this makes them valid targets for violence. Some people think immigrants are destroying the cultural cohesion necessary for a free and prosperous country. Some people think transwomen are a tool of the patriarchy trying to appropriate female spaces.
Each of these views has adherents who are, no offense, smarter than you are.
I would like to give people another perspective on events like Tumblr banning female-presenting nipples or Patreon dropping right-wing YouTubers or Twitter constantly introducing new algorithms that misfire and ban random groups of people. These companies aren’t inherently censorious. They’re just afraid.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/02/22/rip-culture-war-thread/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/02/22/rip-culture-war-thread...
- thejackgoode 5y agothank you for the article!
- A4ET8a8uTh0 5y agoFascinating read. Thank you for sharing it. But in here, even the author seems to point to testimonials that indicate that value of unique discussions gained just by allowing the conversation to happen. It is sad that it ended partially because author was harassed for hosting it, but I suppose this is the price you pay in 2022. As it pertains to Musk and article linked to Musk, I am relatively certain he can handle the mob.
- adamgordonbell 5y agoYeah, maybe Musk can take it on. But I'm not certain. Tim Wu has a book "The Master Switch" also about this. I think his argument was once you become big enough, the rules change and you end up being forced to censor. You become valuable target for people who want censorship and close to a common carrier.
- bombcar 5y agoI think an important thing about that CW thread is you get a strong group of regulars. Any fora with a strong group of regulars can survive almost anything thrown at it - except an influx Eternal September style of newcomers that overwhelms the group. It’s been seen time and time and time and time again and I’m not sure there’s any real way to preserve it. You have a similar thing with tiny tourist places - everyone wanting to go there forces it to change, it cannot remain a tiny tourist place and almost always ends up being a place that is “on show”.