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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by Veen on Sunday April 28, 2019 @08:20AM (#19770734)
The influence works in both directions. If "bad people" are able to publish content that is easy to find on a platform used by millions, it's likely to be seen by people who would never have been exposed to or influenced by it otherwise. Personally, I'd be happy if easily-influenced people weren't exposed daily to Islamist propaganda and pedophillic imagery. If the price of that is those communities going underground, then good. It's for the police and security services to deal with them, not casual web users.
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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by zarkov99 on Sunday April 28, 2019 @08:38AM (#19770811)
The danger here is this distinction between the wise protectors of "easily influenced people" and the dumb asses that need protection. Who decides who is who? I do not think this is always clear cut. People who seek the role of censor are almost always the wrong people to be entrusted with that power. And historically we have many examples of ideas that were thought to be ridiculous, dangerous, etc, that turned to be valuable, even accepted. Maybe its best to leave the nastiness in the sun, just mark it as such.
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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by Veen on Sunday April 28, 2019 @08:42AM (#19770833)
Nothing is ever clear cut, but a lack of perfect knowledge and the possibility of unintended consequences are poor reasons to refrain from acting when the consequences of not acting are dire.
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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by zarkov99 on Sunday April 28, 2019 @08:47AM (#19770862)
On the contrary, those are perfectly good reasons to refrain from acting.
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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday April 28, 2019 @08:57PM (#19774973)
> Nothing is ever clear cut, but a lack of perfect knowledge and the possibility of unintended consequences are poor reasons to refrain from acting when the consequences of not acting are dire.

Sounds like a thinly veiled version of the Politician's Syllogism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism

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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by posterboy on Sunday April 28, 2019 @08:52AM (#19770890)
Subreddits are not easy to find. WTF?
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