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Same. The dynamic that not everybody understands is that harm in social media is not about people saying toxic or extreme things. They'll continue to do so. Th
by fleddr 5y ago
Same. The dynamic that not everybody understands is that harm in social media is not about people saying toxic or extreme things. They'll continue to do so.
The issue is the speed and spread of those messages. Right now they are amplified like a snowball and end up dominating the tone and culture of the entire platform. Influencers are richly rewarded for it, whilst sane and reasonable people get crickets.
That's the part that should be reversed, which is of course easier said then done, as it's the DNA of current Twitter.
The thing that ordinary people like us should consider is political tolerance. Most people in this world are reasonable and are in the bandwidth center-left / center / center-right. That's the room for sane conversation.
With this I mean to say that you should not double-down on "your side". When you're moderately progressive, you should equally reject far-left and far-right extremism. Whilst opening up to the reasonable people on the opposite side.
Reject all crazy people.
- therouwboat 5y agoHow do you reject crazy people without them thinking they are being censored? If their bot followers are removed and nobody sees their posts, isnt it just the same as if they were banned?
- fleddr 5y agoTo be perfectly honest, I hope that happens. Even better is if they leave.