> Not allowing awfulness to spread could be more efficient than helplessly trying to refute it.
Didn't you just basically say that what is "awful" is subjective? You're basically saying "maybe echo chambers are better".
I generally agree with "people will tend to believe whatever they want", but many people do change their minds, especially as they age. Pushing people into the underground just makes them more extreme.
Also, don't underestimate the power of public mockery. What makes Nazism most unattractive isn't the fact that it's abhorrent from some moral perspective (that not everybody shares), it's the fact that most actual Nazis are total losers by every measure.
> Didn't you just basically say that what is "awful" is subjective? You're basically saying "maybe echo chambers are better".
Yes, I did. Instead of retweeting, you let the awfulness die out instead of getting more attention, i.e., don't let opinions escalate. Awfulness here doesn't have to be what I consider to be awful.
And I don't see what this has to do with "maybe echo chambers are better".
Now, I don't know whether that would be more efficient or not - it could, right?. Neither of us know, so perhaps the Mastodon experiment may teach us something.
Didn't you just basically say that what is "awful" is subjective? You're basically saying "maybe echo chambers are better".
I generally agree with "people will tend to believe whatever they want", but many people do change their minds, especially as they age. Pushing people into the underground just makes them more extreme.
Also, don't underestimate the power of public mockery. What makes Nazism most unattractive isn't the fact that it's abhorrent from some moral perspective (that not everybody shares), it's the fact that most actual Nazis are total losers by every measure.