Re:The Efficacy of Reddit’s 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate S...
by eighthnate on Monday September 11, 2017 @07:43PM
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> Similarly, there was a dramatic decrease in hate speech overall among the subscribers of the banned subreddits after the ban.
It decreases because almost every subreddit bans hate speech.
> To draw an un-scientific and unsubstantiated inference, perhaps the power of crowd-psychology and echo chambers is responsible for more hatefulness than we yet can prove.
Actually it has been shown that censoring and stifling people leads to them become more zealous.
It's especially true if people feel persecuted or marginalized.
It decreases because almost every subreddit bans hate speech.
> To draw an un-scientific and unsubstantiated inference, perhaps the power of crowd-psychology and echo chambers is responsible for more hatefulness than we yet can prove.
Actually it has been shown that censoring and stifling people leads to them become more zealous.
It's especially true if people feel persecuted or marginalized.