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There's disinformation all over the internet, I block it and get on with my life.
Disinformation affects first hand those who don't block it. It then sways them and affects everyone through democracy.
Putting blinders on doesn't solve the issue
Are you implying liberals are too stupid to know misinformation when they see it and will become alt-right because of that? Give the left some credit lol
I don't think I implied anything
Do you think it’s possible you or someone else might be wrong about something being disinformation?
Of course there's no absolute certainty of what is or what is not.
Does it matter to that?
Yes, I think it matters greatly when making decisions to completely remove or silence other people. What’s your process for determining if something is disinformation?
What do you mean to remove or silence people?
How do you approach solving the issue?
Removing or silencing people as in removing users or communities from lemm.ee if their content is determined as disinformation.
And I don’t think communities or users with strong opinions should be removed or banned from a general purpose community. I think vote manipulation, brigading, repetitive automated posting, multiple accounts, and other ways of manipulating the system should be prohibited.
So, how do you personally determine that something is disinformation, and how to you distinguish this from your own opinion? I’m genuinely trying to understand your perspective here
I don't have a personal stake here. I'm just trying to understand the different solution possibilities to this known existing issue, be it at a global or a platform level. Or is the idea to do nothing and let the adverse effects happen?
I’d say defining disinformation and discussing how we decide something is disinformation are some great step towards finding a solution
I think disinformation is an opinion specifically towards the content or subject of a post or community. I don’t think we shouldn’t be removing users based solely on someone’s opinion of their content. If you’re suggesting removing users from this instance that share disinformation, I’d love to know how you conclude something is disinformation
I don't think I've suggested anything. More of an observance of how things are
Ok, this thread was about blocking/removing disinformation so I figured that’s what we were talking about. Do you have any stance on disinformation and how it should be handled on lemm.ee then?
It is harmful and letting it be is not a good idea
Do you think we should remove communities and users that share disinformation?
Removing users would drive them deeper into their echo chambers Removing communities might be one way to reduce echo chamber mentality and harm Disinformation content should be removed but that's an endless fools errand
Alternative possibilities?