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Hmmmm. So I do understand some concerns here. On the other hand, I also absolutely hate all forms of censorship. I don't use any of these anti-social media myse
by shevy-java 8mo ago
Hmmmm. So I do understand some concerns here. On the other hand,
I also absolutely hate all forms of censorship. I don't use any
of these anti-social media myself (though, perhaps hacker news
is declared social media? I also used to use reddit in the past,
is that social media? Where are the boundaries of that term
definition by the way?), but I still absolutely dislike state
actors banning websites. I have no illusion about e. g. Zuckerberg
and others here; see the recent news how Facebook tried to "hook"
up young kids like a drug addict; Google via Youtube on the
"swiping" of videos (that one is hard to resist ... I keep on
scrolling down in the hope of finding better videos, fail, and
eventually realise how I am wasting my time swiping ...). But
even then ... I actually think I dislike censorship more than
those anti-social websites that I am not even using anyway.
This may be different for younger brains, so it is not that I
am not understanding the rational behind. But still ... I can't
get myself to want to like censorship either.
- httpsterio 8mo agoI wouldn't call it censorship. We don't allow kids to drink or smoke either, is that censorship? Gate keeping media thats possibly harmful for developing brains, when the users are possibly unable to make an informed decision for themselves, isn't inherently bad.