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Cease to Hope
Dec 12, 2011
Bigotry and personal abuse go hand in hand, personal abuse thrives in unmoderated online spaces, and we now have far-reaching, unmoderated online spaces in a way that didn't exist before.

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Cease to Hope
Dec 12, 2011

SunAndSpring posted:

Would I be right in saying that standard corporate apathy to anything that doesn't make them short-term profits is another factor in this? Google, Twitter, and Facebook are noted for being reluctant to do anything about making sure that fascists get removed from their site unless they have considerable monetary pressure to do so. poo poo, Google banning anyone on YouTube associated with the alt-right alone would be a good way to prevent these ideals from spreading. Yet, I've reported dozens of neo-Nazi channels and I don't think a single one has been removed despite them being pretty obviously National Socialists. Hell, one even had swastikas all over his drat background and he's still kicking, last I checked.

yes, because effective moderation involves a significant amount of skilled labor, while just shrugging and ignoring a problem is free in the short term

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