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https://www.theguardian.com/tech…
The terms of service for the new site take an extreme position on free speech. Peterson said: “Once you’re on our platform, we won’t take you down, unless we’re ordered to by a US court of law. That’s basically the idea. So we’re trying to make an anti-censorship platform.”
lolllllll
- i don't get why this is funny. where's the punchline?Gnash
- 'Rightwing academic'
Peterson doesn't identify as rightwing therefore #fakenews.deadsperm - I concur. Explain yourself, laughing boy.Morning_star
- because it's thoroughly ridiculous to associate thoughtful debate with something the government is going to take downcolin_s
- unless your goal is to provoke reaction and generate more of the clickbait / trigger economy than have sustained discourse (which is his fallback)colin_s
- you're so right. so much better discourse when rando autistic unicorns can woke-tweet a shut down.Gnash
- Benjamin, the guy so censored he got to have a public, cross-platform discussion about raping an MP while standing for election to the EUFax_Benson
- The problem with this idea is that there isn't actually a huge amount of censorship on the major social media sites. 99% of users are never going to noticeyuekit
- anything missing and so they'll be no reason to give up the better user experience and content of the main site just for some abstract principle.yuekit
- The "anti censorship" site therefore ends up attracting only the extreme fringe, which in practice means it becomes a haven for neo-Nazis and the far right.yuekit
- At least, that's what happened with Voat and Gab, which were both based around a similar concept.yuekit
- yuekit gets it. it's a PR campaign trying to attract trolls and brand their anger as intellectualism. it's just marketing for self-righteous foolishnesscolin_s
- the kind of people actually offended by Peterson are offended by everything. The people who just don't think what he's peddling amounts to muchFax_Benson
- don't want to censor him.Fax_Benson
- yuekit & colin s sitting in a tree, K_I_S_S....Morning_star
- i still don't get why it's funnyGnash
- @gnash because it's so pathetically transparent and self-importantcolin_s
- If you don't like something... don't engage with it. Life is simple.robthelad
- @colin_s i'd understand your position if there wasn't buckets of content out there that gives a little more explanation, nuance and resolution to the issue....Morning_star
- ...that 'the cunt' is trying to overcome. You need to dig a little deeper rather than regurgitate uninformed view.Morning_star
- Fighting censorship is a worthy goal, on the other hand Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin launching a site called “Thinkspot” based around having deep conversationyuekit
- sounds like something out of a Spinal Tap style movie ;)yuekit
- If and when an uncensorable social media platform takes off it will be because it’s good in its own right, not because it’s marketed as such IMHO.yuekit
- I agree Yuekit but I think there's a bigger issue that they're trying to address. That is, how you monetise platforms that aren't attractive to advertisers...Morning_star
- ...Patreon was potentially a great way but they've got all 'holier than though' with regard to it's users.Morning_star
- Not into Petersons pseudo-mystic religious stuff, but the rest is more thoughtful than the regurgitated progressive takedown talking points that lead to "lolll"cannonball1978
- Petterson is cashing good money over his fansSalarrue
- Not too difficult to build an independent crowd funding site. I think there was even one called "Hatreon" that was intended for unpopular viewpoints :)yuekit
- The challenge is always going to be...how do you ensure total free speech ON the platform that is also the most popular?yuekit
- I’m not sure how encouraging freedom of speech encourages people to be nice. Build a platform that encourages positivity, and intellectual thought.Ianbolton
- A bit like this https://t.co/OHhriB5…Ianbolton
- why is the goal that people have to be nicecannonball1978
- I’m saying encouragement of positive discussion is desirable. Think about your language. So-called freedom only encourages people to say WHATEVER they wantIanbolton
- I think we know we have certain levels of freedom of speech already just encourage a more meaningful dialogue.Ianbolton