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Imagine how much extra racist Yik Yak would have been during the summer of 2020 and today during the Gaza war
by duped 3y ago
Imagine how much extra racist Yik Yak would have been during the summer of 2020 and today during the Gaza war
- Spivak 3y agoI really can't imagine how it could have been any worse than it was in its hayday. Having 4chan but I'm sure it's someone I probably know and not a distant internet stranger made it so much worse.
- ThrowAway1922A 3y agoMy only reaction is: so? Silencing people isn't going to make them stop thinking things and preventing discussion won't make them Good(TM) people. The entire internet doesn't need to be sanitized.
- JohnFen 3y agoI agree with your concluding statement, but I don't think that the goal of moderating discussions is to get people to stop thinking particular things or to make them "good people." The goal is to encourage actual communication.
- ThrowAway1922A 3y agoI don't think you can pile everyone into a handful of platforms and get good communication. There's too many opposing viewpoints, too much crossover, and too much intermingling. Forums didn't have the same issue because they were often single/few topic websites and you could just aggressively remove everything off topic.
- JohnFen 3y agoYes, I agree with that completely. Above a certain threshold, it all just becomes noise.