Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by smacktoward » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:35 PM UTC

Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet
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Re: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by overcast » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:46 PM UTC

The only way to detoxify the internet, is to get rid of the "social" aspect. Starting with gasp comments. My online experience has been that much better, since adding comment blockers to my browser.

Re: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by JorgeGT » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:46 PM UTC

> Huffman can no longer edit the site indiscriminately

There's precisely zero proof of this.

Re: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:48 PM UTC

overcast wrote: post #2

The only way to detoxify the internet, is to get rid of the "social" aspect. Starting with gasp comments. My online experience has been that much better, since adding comment blockers to my browser.

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Re: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by jasonmaydie » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:49 PM UTC

I would argue we don't need to detoxify the internet, stopping trolling is missing the point however we should stop the spread of misinformation, in fact sites like reddit and facebook rarely create information, they just consume it blindly without questioning the source

Re: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by ManlyBread » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:50 PM UTC

JorgeGT wrote: post #3

> Huffman can no longer edit the site indiscriminately There's precisely zero proof of this.

Wasn't there a case where he did precisely that by editing a post of a Trump supporter?

Re: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by saynay » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:50 PM UTC

JorgeGT wrote: post #3

> Huffman can no longer edit the site indiscriminately There's precisely zero proof of this.

Obviously not, there is no way to prove it.

Re: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by ScipioAfricanus » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:50 PM UTC

It's not that the "trolls are winning", it's that people are allowing the trolls to bother them. Trolls have always existed; it's our heightened sensitivity and inability to just shrug them off or laugh in the face of their obscenity that's letting them "win".

Re: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by showerst » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:51 PM UTC

ManlyBread wrote: post #6

JorgeGT wrote: post #3

> Huffman can no longer edit the site indiscriminately There's precisely zero proof of this.

Wasn't there a case where he did precisely that by editing a post of a Trump supporter?

This sentence in the article is in response to that incident, claiming they've removed that ability.

Re: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

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Post by vesrah » Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 5:51 PM UTC

overcast wrote: post #2

The only way to detoxify the internet, is to get rid of the "social" aspect. Starting with gasp comments. My online experience has been that much better, since adding comment blockers to my browser.

While I agree with you, and I also run a comment blocker, I find it difficult to believe that sites are going to willingly give up the engagement that comments brings.