YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content

Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by nickff on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @02:58PM (#28698269)

>"youtube and facebook are different."

Every specific case is different; you can always find some facts which differentiate one instance from the 'general case'. It is not enough to say 'this time is different', one must overcome the presumption that general rules should hold.

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by dudeman13 on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @04:11PM (#28699253)

I think their point is that being algorithmically induced makes the general rule not hold (which I don't agree - algorithms can be pretty damn bad at achieving what one wants).

Mind you, damn thank you for saying that out loud. People on the internet sure love to jump on the wagon of pointing out the differences of instances from a general case that often aren't even relevant for the argument.

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by bettysdiagnose on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @05:50PM (#28700449)

Umm they did exactly that, you just ignored that bit.

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by nickff on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @08:20PM (#28701753)

I would agree that they found the difference, but I don't think they explained how/why it overcomes the presumption that general rules should hold.

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