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I probably should have said broadly affects people* rather than "everyone". For example, the lack of moderation on Facebook has probably been a factor in thous

I probably should have said broadly affects people* rather than "everyone". For example, the lack of moderation on Facebook has probably been a factor in thousands or tens of thousands of suicides. Just from the fact there are a billion+ Facebook users and people are horrible to each other. There's a case at the moment in the UK of a 14 year old girl who killed herself over abuse over social media (mainly Facebook).

washadjeffmad 4y ago
Since I can't edit, here's a source for Moderates in US politics "(1) being a large proportion of the public, (2) having views that are not simply random or incoherent, and (3) appearing to be central to electoral change, as they are highly responsive to candidate ideology, voting against extreme candidates." Seems to support "the fight is in the margins" rather than change being organic, rational, or benevolent. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/moderates/71A6A9BD7EC7A5C94F975703417F866F https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-s... On social suicides, is moderation more or less a factor than the dehumanization caused by over-broad content policies on large social forums (ie- the attrition of personal communities like early tumblr and livejournal after being consumed by large companies who might try to balance the societal cost of some people dying against opex for moderation, for instance). It seems related to what happens to prisons and with zero tolerance in schools- the costs of litigation and liability driving perverse outcomes in populations due to intolerance of real difference or diversity.