Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's...
by stuckinarut on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:20PM
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More likely it makes him harder to find and limits his reach more.
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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's...
by bdcravens on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:51PM
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He's atop Google search today, and articles on his site about "the purge" have far more engagement than others, so apparently many are seeking him out in light of the news.
Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's...
by stuckinarut on Monday August 06, 2018 @06:25PM
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And not one person is getting him as a suggested video on YouTube, shared on Facebook, etc...
Deplatforming is effective.
Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's...
by api on Monday August 06, 2018 @10:44PM
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If mere exposure to irrational ideas is this dangerous then this basically means the neoreactionaries are right and democracy is not viable. If people are that dumb they should not be able to vote.
I think the answer is much simpler but equally pathetic. The center right and center left are both so vapid and devoid of vision that they are helpless to address the "alternative" of Alex Jones. It is our elite that have failed and left a vacuum to be filled with whatever happens to be loudest.
If we had real public intellectuals and a real media and real politicians with vision Jones would be completely marginalized. He only succeeds because the culture is so empty.