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Re:Reddit Bans Nazi Groups and Others in Crackdown on Violen... by untog on Thursday October 26, 2017 @05:52PM (#15563404)
According to a study about Reddit itself, banning can do some good:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/business/reddit-limits-no...

The general principle is sound - people get sucked into extremism when they stumble upon it on a large site like Reddit. Voat, on the other hand, you're not going to find unless you're looking for it.

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Re:Reddit Bans Nazi Groups and Others in Crackdown on Violen... by KGIII on Thursday October 26, 2017 @06:00PM (#15563502)
I mean overall. It helps Reddit maintain their goals. I meant more specifically the problem with, you know, the fact that we still have Nazis.
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Re:Reddit Bans Nazi Groups and Others in Crackdown on Violen... by chiefalchemist on Thursday October 26, 2017 @06:15PM (#15563666)
Perhaps. But at least those who are looking for it are full exposed and easy to see. They are the true extremists. Remove the honeypots (e.g., Reddit) then what?
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