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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by rtkwe on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:58PM (#20618210)
They don't in one step but in this analogy the pamphlet isn't static it constantly changes to show you more of what's engaging to you (or people like you as the algorithm understands you or as you engage more and more with that initial resonance) so that small initial resonance gets cranked up and up and up. It's hard to see how putting up a larger speed bump along that route won't decrease the number of people who get sucked into these radicalization spirals.

The internet has shown just how much making that slide easier means way more people fall into it. Used to be to get sucked into a world of neonazi/etc propaganda you had to know one and consciously choose to associate with it but now it gets lightly slipped into discussions online and is easy to find articles taking you to the next step.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by blackflame7000 on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:34PM (#20618626)
Because the speed bump you are trying to erect only addresses the issue of people finding websites like 8chan, it does nothing to address the issue of why people stay on sites like 8chan as you described. Once they find the new site, they will be able to visit it again with ease. Furthermore, they will feel more victimized by society and point to their old sites being banned as evidence that society hates them; ergo, why they begin to hate society.
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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by rtkwe on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @09:45AM (#20625077)
From the reporting and studying that's been done so far it seems like most people that wind up in this world get marginally attracted at first and then over time get sucked deeper and deeper into the more virulently hateful and violent edges of the ideology. My thought is that if you can sever the easy link between the on ramp and the end point people will still start over there but the jump from whatever weird subreddit or 8chan-alike to the violent side most people will stay on the clearnet.
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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by dd36 on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:38PM (#20619312)
Right. See flat earth, antivax, qanon, etc.
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