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mark242 | 1 year ago

That is fundamentally wrong. Pushing content moderation onto every person who posts a message on social media is a chilling effect on people posting. Pushing content moderation onto every person who reads a message on social media is a chilling effect on people reading.

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symlinkk|1 year ago

People are fine reading stuff they disagree with, it’s fun that way. They just downvote if they disagree. It’s not fun sitting around in a moderated hugbox where everyone is saying the same thing

pixl97|1 year ago

You're talking about a system of good actors that just disagree on what's being said, if you spend 10 minutes running your own site you'll quickly learn there is a metric shitton of bad actors.

Run something unmoderated long enough and, depending where you are, you'll have law enforcement knocking on your door.

TRiG_Ireland|1 year ago

"Stuff I disagree with" is fine. Outright hate is not. There are limits.

ThrowawayTestr|1 year ago

Downvotes are a perfect way to ensure you end up with a hugbox where people are afraid to disagree.