It's a legitimate problem, but trying to impose regulations on internet speech is how we got the terrible SESTA / FOSTA bill that Trump just signed, and Democrats sponsored :( Can't wait for Supreme Court to declare that one flagrantly unconstitutional.
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Uh, that has nothing to do with what we're talking about.
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The Verge article you linked is literally clamoring for the online platforms, where this speech is happening, to accept responsibility for what user's say to one another. That's literally the foundation for SESTA / FOSTA .
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That's more about the basic confusion between forced sex-trafficking and prostitution, along with society's equating of the too, along with LEGAL responsibility. What the verge article is more aimed as the notion of moral responsibility within companies to self-police.
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Trust me, if there's anything that working with BMD forums taught me, it's that if you want to take care of your users and community, you have to be willing to police and kick people out. It's like being a bouncer at a club, not legal free speech.
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And so far, the emphasis on "protecting free speech" is like letting people behave horribly in clubs and doing nothing. It's a stark misunderstanding. Hell, even the most amateur open mic night won't let someone back on stage if they talk about their nazi views.
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That's the damn point. We confuse "i should be able to threaten and say whatever and not get kicked out" with "free speech" which is just about not getting thrown in jail for it.
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I think your analogy fails to realize the size of these communities. It's easy to moderate a community of a few hundred, but reddit gets 1.5 billion unique visitors/month. If each leaves only 1 comment/month and 1 worker moderates 600 comments/day, staff size would be 83,000!
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Incels are one of the few groups I almost hate as much as Neo Nazis. Such misogyny and they can't figure out why women don't want to be with them? Angry stupid young men.
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I haven’t seen this mentioned here but Polytechnique is a required flick wrt the Montreal massacre/incels
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