2/ We've seen it already for culture war stuff. Banning / blocking gives the appearance of a hygienic information environment for an incredibly superficial reason: It's just no longer observable.
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3/ I don't even mean edgelord platforms like Gab. I mean, things like WhatsApp and others. How many times has someone told you about their friend of a friend in the national guard at this point?
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4/ Counter-argument can work. But it tends to enlist group-calculus which frustrates belief integration. Ignoring bad information can work. But it also risks not invoking Linus' law when needed. Amplifying the best information works very well. But loud rejection matters, too.
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5/ I don't have an actual answer other than facebook, twitter, and all the rest should be neither the central point of failure or source of algorithmically mono-cropped attention. Mixtures for great good.
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6/ TL;DR: Hack the Planet means user agency, not platform power.pic.twitter.com/3ylN21aQEJ
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