@[email protected] to [email protected] • 21 days agoOf course they did, and of course Reddit caved.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down151
arrow-up1336arrow-down1imageOf course they did, and of course Reddit caved.lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected] • 21 days agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareSternlinkfedilink5•21 days agoCan’t speak for the boat story, but after fatpeoplehate was banned, there was a study that showed that many shitters left/changed their behavior https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm3ez3/study-finds-that-banning-trolls-works-to-some-degree https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.07354
minus-square@ruckblacklink8•21 days agoYeah I’m not arguing that deplatforming doesn’t work, I just think the highly improbable boat story is silly to even address.
Can’t speak for the boat story, but after fatpeoplehate was banned, there was a study that showed that many shitters left/changed their behavior
https://www.vice.com/en/article/zm3ez3/study-finds-that-banning-trolls-works-to-some-degree
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.07354
Yeah I’m not arguing that deplatforming doesn’t work, I just think the highly improbable boat story is silly to even address.