The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated

Post by throwaway316943 » Tue, Sep 07, 2021, 4:58 PM UTC

mcguire wrote: post #196

throwaway316943 wrote: post #146

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> If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. >…the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, st…

What happens if nobody listens to your proofs? What happens if they prefer the lie?

Post by Tarq0n » Tue, Sep 07, 2021, 5:07 PM UTC

comeonseriously wrote: post #215

mabbo wrote: post #193

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Let's presume you're right and this is why the channel was legitimately deleted. Was there a warning? Was there some communication with the owner saying "Hey, what you're doing violates or Ts&Cs"? It seems like if there was, the owner would be tweeting that he disagrees with the deletion rather that completely not understanding why it happened. Putting more humans in the loop would be more expensive, but it would hel…

Algorithms don't warn. Nor do they communicate. They just delete.

Post by spurgu » Tue, Sep 07, 2021, 5:10 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #208

int_19h wrote: post #199

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It gets filled with all kinds of content, of which racism and other far-right talk is merely the most visible part because it's in the spotlight. But it's not just far right that's getting "deplatformed". Even politically, there are plenty of leftist groups that were wiped out from e.g. Facebook during the recent purges. All those people also have to look for other platforms.

I'm not saying there aren't other valid uses, just that racism is pretty much guaranteed on a no-censorship site. It _should_ be something that we can all agree on as being "bad", even when dressed in its Sunday best from the likes of Jordan Peterson.

Post by kragen » Tue, Sep 07, 2021, 5:13 PM UTC

sophacles wrote: post #137

sprafa wrote: post #101

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I would hope so. My point about “horse dewormer” is that some articles in the media list it as just that without mentioning at all that it is also human medication. Look at the recent articles about Joe Rogan, they couldn’t stop themselves. Afaik the only difference between human and animal ivm are levels of impurity.

That's because people are literally buying and eating horse dewormer. Its in a package that says "horse dewormer" on it. It's sold at livestock stores in the "horse medicine" section. The media is 100% correct to call what people are poisoning themselves with "horse dewormer". I bet you get mad at the news for reporting rain because water exists in other forms, and has other ways of moving about besides rain right?

Post by corobo » Tue, Sep 07, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

burnished wrote: post #151

corobo wrote: post #48

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> This makes it highly resistant to censorship We should probably stop using this phrase as a feature Instant thought was "ok so other than this channel it's all racism"

I see you are getting a lot of pushback and I think its unwarranted. I agree with you, the phrase is becoming tainted. I would like a way to differentiate between places that are wary of the whims of power and places where opinions are so appalling they can't be a part of polite society. We currently talk about them the same, and there has been an uptick of the latter recently that makes being able to differentiate m…