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The internet does not accurately reflect our biases. It is much cheaper online to post bad content, or hateful content, then "good" content. In real life, almos
by XorNot 4y ago
The internet does not accurately reflect our biases. It is much cheaper online to post bad content, or hateful content, then "good" content. In real life, almost the opposite is true.
- brigandish 4y agoDoesn't that mean that the internet more accurately represents our biases because most of the time they're hidden by fear of social retribution?
- XorNot 4y agoNo, it means on the internet one bad actor can make thousands of alt-accounts to send out a disproportionate amount of content pushing the same message. It's hard to get people to understand the disproportionate effort fixated people put into anything: it's a problem in real life, but they get reacted to. If their fixation becomes some weird message on the internet, nothing happens to them but people have trouble believing the scope of time and effort they'll put into evading bans, blocks, and chasing down people across forums.