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Right-leaning users were banned more often than left-leaning users. https://psyarxiv.com/ay9q5 https://psyarxiv.com/ay9q5 The reason is that Conservative/Repu
by rybosworld 3y ago
Right-leaning users were banned more often than left-leaning users.
https://psyarxiv.com/ay9q5 https://psyarxiv.com/ay9q5
The reason is that Conservative/Republican users of Twitter also tended to break the rules more often. Particularly in regards to sharing misinformation.
Depending on which side of the aisle you lean, it's very easy to spin this one way vs the other.
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoMisinformation is in the eyes of the beholder and the best way to dismiss misinformation is to let it shine under the light of scrutiny. By banning it entirely, you let it fester which is where we're at today.
- lobf 3y agoNo, misinformation is objective, and allowing it to propagate lets it fester.
- c_crank 3y agoThe belief that wearing general purpose masks would prevent the spread of COVID 19 was misinformation that festered for quite some time.
- lobf 3y agoOkay buddy. Masks absolutely help reduce the spread of particulates but you can pretend that’s not true if you want.
- c_crank 3y agoMasks do reduce the spread of particulates by some amount. Reducing the spread of particulates by some amount has a negligible impact on the spread of COVID 19 and other respiratory viruses. To believe otherwise is, again, misinformation.
- lobf 3y agohttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-face-masks-what-you-need-to-know https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas...
- c_crank 3y agoThat link reaffirms that masks reduce particulates by some amount and offers no evidence this impacts the spread of respiratory illnesses.
- lobf 3y agolol it literally says that masks reduce the spread of COVID. By all means, provide some evidence to the contrary
- c_crank 3y agoThe most obvious and trivial answer is that countries implementing mask mandates have seen COVID become endemic. That masks provide 'some' impact is obvious. That said impact is negligible is also obvious. We are still waiting, years and years latter, for that curve to finally be flattened.
- lobf 3y agoSo no data, cool. I will no longer believe Johns Hopkins and will instead defer to you for medical advice because obviously you’ve made a seriously compelling argument.
- immanentize 3y agoCurve flattening was about trying not to overwhelm the hospitals.
- Timon3 3y agoYou're making a basic logic error that I've seen so many times from your camp: "if it doesn't work 100% it doesn't work at all". Why do you think this is a logical requirement? > That said impact is negligible is also obvious No, it's not obvious in any way. Please show us.
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoYour statement and opinion are why Elon Musk owns Twitter now.
- lobf 3y agoHuh? What are you saying?
- jmye 3y agoNo they aren’t. He owns it because he couldn’t back out of his Internet Troll-joke offer. Let’s try to be at least slightly honest about reality, here.
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoAnd I don't think he cares because he has more money than sense at this point. Like I said elsewhere, you can now pretty much say whatever you want on Twitter within reason. So tell me, who's winning now?
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoMark Zuckerberg?
- jmye 3y agoI’m not clear what this has to do with your parent comment being disingenuous. Does Musk “winning” make you feel better about things?
- tzs 3y ago> the best way to dismiss misinformation is to let it shine under the light of scrutiny That has been tried many times and it does not work at scale. Generating and distributing information is orders of magnitude easier, faster, and cheaper than generating and distributing refutations of that misinformation.
- lamontcg 3y agoThe bullshit asymmetry principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoThis isn't a law. This is an opinion by someone who can't stand being told that something he might think is correct isn't and when pushed on it can't argue in good faith because his position isnt as good as he thought. Also considering who came up with it, it's another prime example of someone who is an expert in one area assuming he has expertise in another that he has zero expertise in.
- lamontcg 3y agoI mean it took you probably 20 seconds to type that out very assertively and aggressively.
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoAnd yet here we are where you can post pretty much whatever you want within reason on Twitter. You tell me, who is winning?
- lamontcg 3y agoAgreed. lol.
- Incipient 3y ago