Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
by spaced-out on Friday March 12, 2021 @01:37PM
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>"Fringe" websites are growing rapidly while engagement on the big, normal websites is declining or slowing down.
source?
Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
by kelnos on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:31PM
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I don't know about engagement on mainstream sites declining, but the rising popularity of sites like Parler and Gab seems undeniable. Parler's recent (attempted) deplatforming is evidence enough: you don't bother with a tiny fringe site that isn't growing or wielding any influence.
Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
by throwaway134oe8 on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:59PM
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>but the rising popularity of sites like Parler and Gab seems undeniable
It does? Any evidence to support this?
Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
by tgragnato on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:19PM
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Just look at the “leaks”...
Their user base is not so big to be worrisome, but it’s undeniably big.
And it’s growing too.
https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/GabLeaks https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Parler
Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
by salawat on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:25PM
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Better question:
If increasing, is it because more topics of conversation are getting binned as 'fringe'? Or are extremists merely circumventing centralized efforts at blocking by moving around, which is exactly what those anti-censorship weenies like me jave been saying will be the inevitable result?
The problem you ignore or quash never goes away. It just gets harder and more distributed.
That's not to even get into the fact that all to often these terms like "fringe websites" are used by entities to shame users into not using their competition, which further degrades the integrity of any anti hate message.