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Since there's no objective definition of "hate content", this is akin to them patting themselves on the back for outright censorship based on their own arbitrary definitions.
The_Donald promoted the Charlottesville hate rally, people with white shirts and torches.
Since there's no objective definition of "hate content", this is akin to them patting themselves on the back for outright censorship based on their own arbitrary definitions.
Since there's no objective definition of "hate content", this is akin to them patting themselves on the back for outright censorship based on their own arbitrary definitions.
Freedom.
Private property includes the freedom to restrict what occurs on that property. Reddit is private property.
Same goes for Hacker News.
Let freedom ring!
edit: guess people don't like freedom :-(
Would Hacker News be "censoring" me if they deleted my submission to TIMECUBE? Isn't it "MAH RAIGHT" to proselytize my sincere and deeply-held beliefs about TIMECUBE?
Are you CENSORIZING MAH FREEZE PEECH by downvoting and thus hiding from public view, this comment?
>The company also says that half (48 percent) of all hateful content on the site was targeting a person’s ethnicity or nationality. That was followed by their class or political affiliation (16 percent), [...] "Hate speech" now includes your political affiliation? That's news to me. I thought it's usually restricted to immutable characteristics about a person (race, religion, gender, etc.).
The other 82% is /r/politics
Since there's no objective definition of "hate content", this is akin to them patting themselves on the back for outright censorship based on their own arbitrary definitions.
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So between Reddit, YouTube, and Google News, we’ve got a bunch of websites that have become unbelievably and visibly corrupt but whose business models are so difficult to replicate and navigate that no one else can do what they do.
7000 subreddits only accounted for an 18% reduction? What the heck is going on with that website.
While I appreciate any attempt to reduce hate, it isn't really something to cheer in this case. The goal is to reduce hate, and pushing people further into the fringes doesn't do that. Now instead of being part of a community that has hate, but also positive information, the hate groups are going to be forced into a more focused hate forum. It is a means to further push people to the fringes which could further radicalize folks.
Essentially, Reddit etc. doesn't make people hate more, the internet just exposes the hate that already existed. It is part of a larger cultural problem. People don't generally become hateful after seeing 12 memes, they are raised in an environment that breeds hate. Banning the subreddits _feels_ good, but it is not a solution to the core problem.