Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web
by sneak on Saturday December 05, 2020 @03:23PM
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No, I can't, unless you assume that everyone else doing the reading is somehow more gullible or impressionable than yourself.
Did 8chan make you pick up a gun? Did 8chan turn you into a nazi?
Just because seeing something published makes you upset does not mean that publishing those things is inherently dangerous.
You need to trust the other people in your society a bit more than you do, and stop assuming most readers are ten years old.
Your conclusion is based on fear, not the millions of people who read "objectionable" things online and go "ugh" and then close the tab (and sometimes go write long-winded blog posts about how censorship is essential to prevent violence).
Did 8chan make you pick up a gun? Did 8chan turn you into a nazi?
Just because seeing something published makes you upset does not mean that publishing those things is inherently dangerous.
You need to trust the other people in your society a bit more than you do, and stop assuming most readers are ten years old.
Your conclusion is based on fear, not the millions of people who read "objectionable" things online and go "ugh" and then close the tab (and sometimes go write long-winded blog posts about how censorship is essential to prevent violence).