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Maybe there's a reason a "bad idea" is clickbait.

true_religion 8y ago
Hatred simply feels good. Unless you are saying that is something defensible or praiseworthy, then I am not sure where you are going with this thread of thought.
- reader5000 8y ago
  Who gets to determine what is "hatred"? The natural upvote/downvote economy of the internet or a self-appointed anonymous class of bigtech mass-censors? When you go on the internet would you prefer to see reality or an artificial selection of on-canon content pre-approved by the priest-media class as in the age of television? In many ways it doesn't matter because infotech decentralization will slowly find a way, and forcible censorship will no longer be possible.
  - jazzyjackson 8y ago
    Whoa there buddy, there's other options for moderation besides media-priests || free market. How about we just let the people who own the machines decide what data sits on their machines? So I agree, decentralization will allow some communities to be total free market reddits and chans where anything goes, and I expect them to be very unpleasant places to hang out for some and not others. I'll be over here in my private community where Microsoft can't read my discussions and anyone whining about the priest-media will be booted.
  - Whitestrake 8y ago
    With more decentralization comes more freedom of association; I will choose to be a part of communities that I judge to have a reasonable view of what is "hatred", and those communities will, just like they do today, kick out offenders. Decentralization will give people the opportunity to spread their hatred among themselves, without involving me, which is... exactly how things operate today. So... Bring on infotech decentralization, I guess. It's got its merits, and for me, nothing about all this hate speech will change.
mirimir 8y ago
That's almost a truism, no?
- reader5000 8y ago
  Indeed.
Whitestrake 8y ago
Can't think of a better explanation than this video by CGP Grey, titled "This Video Will Make You Angry", [7:26]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc

Hatred simply feels good. Unless you are saying that is something defensible or praiseworthy, then I am not sure where you are going with this thread of thought.

reader5000 8y ago
Who gets to determine what is "hatred"? The natural upvote/downvote economy of the internet or a self-appointed anonymous class of bigtech mass-censors? When you go on the internet would you prefer to see reality or an artificial selection of on-canon content pre-approved by the priest-media class as in the age of television? In many ways it doesn't matter because infotech decentralization will slowly find a way, and forcible censorship will no longer be possible.
- jazzyjackson 8y ago
  Whoa there buddy, there's other options for moderation besides media-priests || free market. How about we just let the people who own the machines decide what data sits on their machines? So I agree, decentralization will allow some communities to be total free market reddits and chans where anything goes, and I expect them to be very unpleasant places to hang out for some and not others. I'll be over here in my private community where Microsoft can't read my discussions and anyone whining about the priest-media will be booted.
- Whitestrake 8y ago
  With more decentralization comes more freedom of association; I will choose to be a part of communities that I judge to have a reasonable view of what is "hatred", and those communities will, just like they do today, kick out offenders. Decentralization will give people the opportunity to spread their hatred among themselves, without involving me, which is... exactly how things operate today. So... Bring on infotech decentralization, I guess. It's got its merits, and for me, nothing about all this hate speech will change.

mirimir 8y ago

That's almost a truism, no?

reader5000 8y ago
Indeed.

Whitestrake 8y ago

Can't think of a better explanation than this video by CGP Grey, titled "This Video Will Make You Angry", [7:26]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc