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The dog whistle idea has a decent amount of merit with me, but one signal is not enough to call dog whistle on, it's the combination of many. I see people onli
by chownie 3y ago
The dog whistle idea has a decent amount of merit with me, but one signal is not enough to call dog whistle on, it's the combination of many.
I see people online with "88" in the username and lo and peep another comment featuring a black sun, later on they're suspended for hate speech. I see people mention "international bankers" and what do you know they're later dropping parentheses around random words and denying the Holocaust.
It's a just a heuristic, it doesn't map to the real world all the time but fairly reliable online. For a crypto group I can totally see this applying.
- mvdtnz 3y agoNah, not good enough. I've seen people accused of being racist for using "dog whistles" like the "ok hand" emoji or the letter 'H'. It's not a good heuristic, it's a way to accuse people of being racist for no reason.
- wenebego 3y agoRead their first sentence again
- chownie 3y agoGiven how effective this has been for me I'm going to guess this is actually a selection bias issue. You're noticing people doing it wrong because when people do it right you don't see anything at all, the accounts just go poof some point later when they're banned for policy violations.