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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by spaced-out on Friday March 12, 2021 @01:37PM (#26439174)
>"Fringe" websites are growing rapidly while engagement on the big, normal websites is declining or slowing down.

source?

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by kelnos on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:31PM (#26439867)
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.
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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by throwaway134oe8 on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:59PM (#26440206)
>but the rising popularity of sites like Parler and Gab seems undeniable

It does? Any evidence to support this?

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by tgragnato on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:19PM (#26441073)
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

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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem by salawat on Friday March 12, 2021 @02:25PM (#26439786)
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.

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