Re:Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify w...
by JumpCrisscross on Monday August 25, 2025 @02:23AM
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> You can't stop online stupidity and misinformation with censorship
Shame and ostracisation handled this through antiquity. There is no evidence introducing those elements online cannot work.
> would at best create an echo chamber of government supported online stupidity and misinformation
But that’s what we got anyway.
It’s just as clearly the case that a lack of regulation amplifies people willing to be stupid online. Taking that amplification away takes us back, per your worst case, to what we have now.
Shame and ostracisation handled this through antiquity. There is no evidence introducing those elements online cannot work.
> would at best create an echo chamber of government supported online stupidity and misinformation
But that’s what we got anyway.
It’s just as clearly the case that a lack of regulation amplifies people willing to be stupid online. Taking that amplification away takes us back, per your worst case, to what we have now.