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> Here's another question. Let's say a mall is composed entirely of pop up stores that close at the end of every month. These stores invariably ban visible mino
by Manuel_D 2y ago
> Here's another question. Let's say a mall is composed entirely of pop up stores that close at the end of every month. These stores invariably ban visible minorities from using their service
Again, this is already illegal because the stores are businesses and they can't deny service on the basis of protected class.
The issue at hand is that the government cannot compel individual users to interact with other users. How would this work? You try to mute someone on Xbox Live and you get a popup, "Sorry, you've muted too many Catholics in the last month, you can't mute this player." Likewise, would Reddit force the moderators to allow posts and comments from previously banned users? And what would prevent their content from just getting downvoted to oblivion and being automatically hidden anyways?
- jjmarr 2y agoIt's a similar situation because the laws aren't enforceable against the pop-up stores in the same way you can't sue an anonymous subreddit moderator from being discriminatory. > Likewise, would Reddit force the moderators to allow posts and comments from previously banned users? In Reddit's case, moderators are using tools that automatically ban users that have activity in specific subreddits. It's not like it's hidden bias, the bans are obviously because of a person's religion.
- Manuel_D 2y agoCorrect, and what's to keep users of the subreddit from tagging posters who've posted in the Israel subreddit and down voting them until they're hidden? There's no effective way to force users to interact with other users they don't want to interact with.