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DarkGamer@kbin.social 9 months agoI think exceptions need to be made for obvious propaganda, gaslighting, and hate speech. Dangerous lies and calls for violence do not need a platform. That's quite different from silencing people for merely having a different opinion.
TheGoodKall@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I agree with the spirit of what you’re saying, but it seems too easy for those definitions to get spun off into just “things the majority dislikes” which isn’t great. I would hope that dangerous lies could be countered in the comments, and the platforms are then setup to always include this conversation rather than letting the first poster hog the megaphone
DarkGamer@kbin.social 9 months ago
I used to believe the free marketplace of ideas worked this way, then the Trump years and the pandemic happened. It became clear that many people cannot and do not care to know the difference between evidence-based conclusions & obvious and dangerous lies.