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I’d like to see Antifa added to this growing list as well. The article states this group has “ties to dangerous real-world activities”. Does anyone know of any? Or is this just conjecture? The article’s statement was fairly vague.
Can you describe to me what you think Antifa is?
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Can you describe to me what you think Antifa is?
A group of communists? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifaschistische_Aktion
> was a militant anti-fascist organisation,
emphasis mine. People who self-identify as anti-fascist nowadays have little to do with communism. Why not link this page? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fascism
Second of all, is "communist" a slur on HN? Is that supposed to sound scary or something?
Can anyone explain what is happening with the downvotes on this post? Almost every single top level comment has been downvoted to almost disappearing.
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Since we apparently are expressing wishes now, I wish that twitter just didn't exist in the first place.
Can anyone explain what is happening with the downvotes on this post? Almost every single top level comment has been downvoted to almost disappearing.
2. HN users tend to downvote tedious, repetitive flamewar.
I’d like to see Antifa added to this growing list as well. The article states this group has “ties to dangerous real-world activities”. Does anyone know of any? Or is this just conjecture? The article’s statement was fairly vague.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon#Incidents https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2020/01/08/mother-t...
No "antifa" movement has been associated with the same degree of violence and coordinated harassment. There are not tens of thousands of "antifa" members sharing lists of public figures they believe have been or should be executed and fabricating evidence against those figures.
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Yes they are, they've done it for all of modern civilization. People in power telling us what to think doesn't end well. The issue is social media and the speed and scale of information without identity or verification. That's not going to be solved by curation.
"A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on", that old adage. But social has supercharged the whole affair, as you say, in speed and scale. Curation cannot solve it, but can it have some role in moderating it? What other tools do we have to throttle the damage? Do we need to axe social media entirely?
I think social media needs to reform along our naturally developed behaviors. Small communities with some proximity and a measured flow of information. The instant global stimulus with anonymous accounts is clearly making us lose our minds.
Can anyone explain what is happening with the downvotes on this post? Almost every single top level comment has been downvoted to almost disappearing.