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However Twitter and al are not exactly a place to hold discussions, by definition. They facilitate (if not straight up favor) quick visceral reactions and whate
by soco 5y ago
However Twitter and al are not exactly a place to hold discussions, by definition. They facilitate (if not straight up favor) quick visceral reactions and whatever type of bullying will feel at ease in there. So I agree with you on the point of censorship being bad, but disagree on calling bullying "open discussions". Yes I'm aware that real life bullying is in some places tolerated just as well, and I fully disagree to that too - does that make me a censor? Or if I ask for violence on the streets, am I having an open discussion?
- eigenrick 5y agoTwitter is definitely a bad place for nuanced discussion. I disagree about the 'and al', though. Other platforms are much better for for long form communication and open discussion, e.g. Reddit, Zulip, etc.
- soco 5y agoI never heard of Zulip and kinda agree with you on Reddit (but which is also censored). To my unpopular point above I must clarify that most of the complaints about censorship are that it tries to censor traditional bullying attempts at minorities. Yes, there are also exceptions where unpopular thought pieces are attacked, but still, the big majority complains why can't they call names a certain group anymore.
- soundnote 5y agoReddit is bad for it largely because their moderators are ideologically mindkilled wackos. Threaded conversation as a format works nicely. But if moderation/admin is not sane, it won't work, and reddit admin is openly hostile to diverging views.