Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by nomel on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:22PM
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I find it terrifying that there's a large portion of the population that encourages and wants them to do this.
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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by omgitsabird on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:28PM
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These companies are maintaining systems that are analogous to message boards.
Why not just view this as moderation?
This viewpoint makes it a lot less sinister, in my opinion.
Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
by flyingcircus3 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:56PM
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Therein lies the problem though. There seems to be a growing number of people who use sinisterness as a heuristic for the truth. Instead of Occam's Razor, where the simplest explanation is the most likely explanation, it is the most damning answer that is most likely correct.