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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by mushufasa on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:49PM (#25708528)
I thin that this misses the point. The fringes and conspiracy theorists grow by catching new people from the mainstream. If you segregate the extremists from the center, you can starve the extremists.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by ohnohell on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:16PM (#25708988)
Who decides who the the extremists are?
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by aluminum96 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:03AM (#25711145)
Regardless of the precise definition, it seems quite clear that it ought to include those who organize premeditated violence. This is not exactly a slippery slope.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by olliej on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:23PM (#25709966)
Just ban people who spout violence towards people for what amounts to the crime of existing, who spout conspiracies that are divorced from reality.

You don’t choose who is extremist, you ban the abusive content. Extremists the mostly post that are functionally banned - that’s what Twitter does. You don’t get to report “this person is abusive” just tweets that have to be abusive on their own.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by ErikVandeWater on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:26PM (#25709137)
People who are easily swayed to hate and dismiss everyone with a different opinion.
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