BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 2 months agoOf course they did, and of course Reddit caved.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1389arrow-down151
arrow-up1338arrow-down1imageOf course they did, and of course Reddit caved.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months 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-squareruckblack@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months 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.