Why take a stand on things when you can be a centrist and not take a stand? From Lemmy’s own devs.
The only thing they said there is that moderation is hard as fuck, and knowing what information is fake or not is even harder, even more when you realize that you could spread misinformation in a plethora of branches of science, having a rule to say that is stupid since you’d need a specialist in every field to confirm what is and what is not true.
I agree that everyone can learn with these discussions, but if it’s pervasive misinformation, then it should be dealt with. The safety and well-being of a community also depends on the quality of discussions as well. Do not necessarily ban them, but the information should either be corrected for future reference, or should be prevented to spread.
Go back to Reddit then
The point of coming here was to get away from Reddit, not turn it into Reddit. Which is what seems to be going really well if those admins keep getting their way.
If this was Reddit half the posts would have been deleted already. The only reason disinfo flourishes on Reddit is because its full of bots and people who believe everything they read online.
If you want a nanny state forum then go start your own instance or go cry about it elsewhere.
Also tbh you sound like the lib.
If the admins start banning everyone who mentions “misinformation” as defined by one lefty user, like yourself, then it will turn into Reddit, and be just as toxic as that dump.
Spreading misinformation is a problem, but it’s not as easy to solve as just deleting the offending posts. You really need to have rules stating what is or isn’t amenable to removal, otherwise it’s just unfair exertion of power. You can try writing those yourself, and you’ll be surprised how hard it is to cover every possible case here. Not saying it’s impossible though…
Nero is fiddling while Rome burns.
There have been so many anti-vax and election denialism posts and users, and shit that are just allowed to keep existing because “We can’t disprove it”, yeah no shit: you can’t disprove anything. The burden is on the person making the claim, not the person refuting it.
There have been so many anti-vax and election denialism posts and users, and shit that are just allowed to keep existing because “We can’t disprove it”, yeah no shit: you can’t disprove anything.
If you can’t disprove it, then how do you know it’s misinformation?
The burden is on the person making the claim, not the person refuting it.
First, that’s not a threshold even science has. There are a ton of scientific theories that have no evidene and are untestable, like String Theory, that scientists postulate as a means seeing if it can be proven, not because it is proven.
You’re confusing your threshold for believing something with a person’s threshold for postulating something. You have no right to dictate what someone else can think or say just because you don’t personally believe it or that it’s been proven.
Should the Reddit admins ban all users who denied Trump won the 2016 election? Btw, a huge portion of Reddit users still claim that and push propaganda to that effect. I think it’s disgusting, but it shouldn’t be banned.
