Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ...
by G79 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @10:18AM
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I agree. If people lack the emotional intelligence to realise when it is time to stop a conversation ( in real life and on social media), then they are simply being infantile by asking government or tech companies to do it for you. The block/ignore buttons are there for a reason.
Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ...
by user-the-name on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:36AM
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Why should you have to shut yourself away from a large section of modern daily life just to not be the subject of abuse? Why is not even an option to work to fix the abuse?
Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ...
by 999900000999 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:46AM
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Because the platforms themselves make more money when there's rampant abuse. Facebook is largely profitable since super users are enraged and engaged.
If you're scrolling mindlessly consuming content which keeps drawing you in you're more likely to click on an ad for some new toothpaste.
Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ...
by brutopia on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:45AM
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The technology isn’t the problem, it’s us. Our primitive instincts just aren’t compatible to deal with such big groups of other people anonymous or not.
Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ...
by shaan7 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:50AM
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> Why is not even an option to work to fix the abuse?
It is difficult for even human judges to clearly define what counts as abuse and what doesn't. Automated algorithms (or manual reviews) will be much worse, most likely.
I only have my Facebook for friends to contact me via messenger. As well as it's original purpose, commenting on a ( real life )friend's engagement photos with a nice congrats.
The moment you get into stuff The Facebook wasn't designed for; like actually meeting new people, arguing with strangers, etc , then you run into problems.
I have some very strong personal beliefs regarding how I live my life. I don't need to argue them though. I also have various strong political/ societal beliefs. Again no need to argue them.