Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump”

Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by watwut on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:37PM (#25689231)

But those tragedies happened after series of radicalisations, pretty often after groups intentionally spread lies and hate, when people closed themselvea into bubbles and so on.

Pretty often the new technology was the vector by which those came, simply because bad actors seem to be quicker to take advantage of new technology.

Also historically, censorship and gatekewping were overall succesfull strategies. I am not saying that it is good thing to do all that much, there is danger in overdoing it, but historically it was effective in suppressing viewpoints.

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Re:Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump” by throwaway316943 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:35AM (#25701757)

They’re successful only because they are accompanied by physical violence. If we go down this path again prepare for a repeat of history at the hands of those you give this power to, it’ll probably take a few hundred mega deaths before we learn our lesson again.

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