Archived Virginia Shooting Exposes the Dark Side of Instant Sharing (wired.com)
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Archived Virginia Shooting Exposes the Dark Side of Instant Sharing (wired.com)
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[–] ChillyHellion [S] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
You may be joking, but you raise a good point about the nature of offensive content. Facebook's model is to pretend that offensive content doesn't exist. Reddit's model is to play nanny and decide for you what's offensive and remove it. Voat's model is to give users the tools to filter/block offensive content, as well as giving content creators the tools to mark NSFW posts. Of the three, I like Voat's model because it doesn't ignore the problem and it doesn't take control of the solution away from the users. I do think it's time for mainstream social media like Facebook and Twitter to reevaluate how they deal with offensive content.