<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">If the hate speech on the medium gets out of hand (and who decides that?), simply create Twitter II or FAcebook II, and put all the 'problem' posts there rather than denying someone his voice. Hate unfortunately has its place and in its way is valuable data. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 10:31 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, 26 Apr 2022 at 15:30, spike jones via extropy-chat<br>
<<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Thanks for that Giulio.<br>
><br>
> Here is a challenge to all who have a public speech platform: you don't need<br>
> to be non-partisan, you don't even need to be fair. Just be transparent.<br>
> Let everyone see how you roll. Be open. It's what we always did here on<br>
> this forum: transparency. Keeping a filtering algorithm secret is<br>
> unaccountable power, which always leads to corruption. So... wield the<br>
> power, accept the accountability that goes with it, be transparent.<br>
><br>
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> spike<br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
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Transparency is a two-edged sword.<br>
I don't use Twitter and I suspect you don't either.<br>
But nowadays, we are dealing with the 'Cancel' generation who are very<br>
easily offended if someone doesn't use the latest Newspeak terminology<br>
and support the latest trending opinions.<br>
When the Twitter crowd of trolls decide to pile on someone, the volume<br>
of tweets containing hatred and prejudice is unbelievable.<br>
It has driven some people to suicide.<br>
Surely you have read about this despicable behaviour?<br>
Twitter and Facebook moderators make little attempt to stop such<br>
hatred campaigns.<br>
<br>
Fortunately some old-fashioned email lists (like Exi-chat) are still<br>
able to allow free speech that doesn't menace other list members or<br>
ruin the list atmosphere.<br>
<br>
<br>
BillK.<br>
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