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Re:Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield by jsemrau on Monday January 21, 2019 @07:52AM (#18960029)
One could argue that the anonymity of Reddit in addition to the mods encourages a civil discussion
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Re:Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield by kace91 on Monday January 21, 2019 @07:59AM (#18960067)
People aren't exactly nicer to each other when they're anonymous...
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Re:Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield by SiempreViernes on Monday January 21, 2019 @09:18AM (#18960481)
Sure, but it is a strange argument: morality is very sensitive to context, but in anonymous discussions lack most context and have to guess it.

So anonymous discussions are largely free of the restrictions imposed by the notions of common decency, so any civil discourse in unregulated media is a minor miracle.

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Re:Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield by SketchySeaBeast on Monday January 21, 2019 @11:12AM (#18961275)
The online disinhibition effect would argue the exact opposite.
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