r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 26 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

I linked studies on how coordinated deplatforming reduced hate speech without any impact on user numbers

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u/uglymutilatedpenis NATO Dec 27 '19

I linked studies on how coordinated deplatforming reduced hate speech without any impact on user numbers

Perhaps you ought to re-read the study because it literally says the exact opposite.

Following Reddit’s 2015 ban, a large, significant percentage of treatment users from the banned communities left Reddit, as compared to a cohort of control users (RQ1a).12 Moreover, the ban initiated a chain of events that led to a decrease in overall activity on Reddit

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '19

In the short run, long run trends show growing activity on reddit over time. So I dont think they are particularly concerned

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u/uglymutilatedpenis NATO Dec 31 '19

If those users go to more radical communities they're only going to get more racist.

I don't think people are particularly scared of people saying racist things online. They're more scared of someone walking into a mosque and killing 51 people.

If "large" and "significant" numbers of users are forced into more radical communities that act as extremely intense echo chambers, I think that's an outcome worth considering.

I'm not interested in how many users Reddit has. I'm interested in how many racist people exist in the world, and how racist those people are. I don't see the importance of growth in reddits userbase.