[ExI] Social Media Bans

[William Flynn Wallace]

But hear this:  Facebook and all the rest are private companies and can ban
anything they want to, so while we may think it's a bad idea, it's not
unconstitutional   bill w

On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 12:08 AM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I think the bans are both morally wrong and increase extremism, so doubly
> terrible ideas.
>
> SR Ballard
>
> On Aug 4, 2021, at 9:08 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> 
> Except for National Defense secrets, I don't think that anything ought to
> be censored.  Free speech is not supposed to kill anyone.  Sure, you will
> always have your crazies, but can you shut them up?  Should you shut them
> up?  Holler back, I say - let them have their say. Remember that at the
> time of our Revolution the majority of our people wanted to stay with the
> King of England.  Later many wanted Washington to be a king.  The majority
> opinion is not always right, nor the minority always wrong.  How many
> people believe these things is not the issue.  It's their right to speak up
> about our country just like anyone else.  Coarse, crude, limited vocabulary
> and all that.  If you let it hurt you it's your fault.  Do you believe
> that?   bill w
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 7:50 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 00:55, SR Ballard via extropy-chat
>> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Today BAP (Bronze Age Pervert), a right wing influencer, was banned
>> from Twitter, which has caused a bit or an uproar in the community. The
>> creation and dissemination of media projects and memes, testimonials,
>> eulogies increased exponentially. His ideas are being discussed more, and
>> his iconography and catchphrases are ubiquitous. His dedicated fans have
>> joined his telegram channel, over 10K in 12 hours.
>> >
>> > Do you feel these types of social media suspensions achieve their
>> desired results? If not, what might be more effective?
>> >
>> > SR Ballard
>> > _______________________________________________
>>
>>
>> There is a new report out about this.
>> <https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/924295>
>>
>> Quote:
>> NEWS RELEASE 3-AUG-2021
>> Study shows users banned from social platforms go elsewhere with
>> increased toxicity
>> BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
>>
>> Researchers developed a method to identify accounts belonging to the
>> same person on different platforms and found that being banned on
>> Reddit or Twitter led those users to join alternate platforms such as
>> Gab or Parler where the content moderation is more lax.
>>
>> Also among the findings is that, although users who move to those
>> smaller platforms have a potentially reduced audience, they exhibit an
>> increased level of activity and toxicity than they did previously.
>> “The hardcore group, maybe the group that we’re most concerned about,
>> are the ones that probably stick with someone if they move elsewhere
>> online. If by reducing that reach, you increase the intensity that the
>> people who stay around are exposed to, it’s like a quality versus
>> quantity type of question. Is it worse to have more people seeing this
>> stuff?  Or is it worse to have more extreme stuff being produced for
>> fewer people?”
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>>
>> BillK
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