Basically, antiscience cranks intentionally complain to moderators on @Nextdoor about "incivility" in order to get pro-science advocates' posts deleted and the user temporarily banned. It's a tactic they "pioneered" on @Facebook by gaming the algorithm with complaints. 2/
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They even brag about it in their private groups. I've been writing about this tactical gaming of algorithms by antivaxxers and antiscience cranks to get those who refute their pseudoscience silenced and banned on
@Facebook for years now. 3/3https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/04/01/an-antivaccine-activists-explains-how-she-uses-facebook-reporting-algorithms-to-harass-and-silence-pro-science-bloggers/ …Show this thread
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