Happens a lot. I remember when I could scroll through twitter and not see any nazis.
It’s something I think about a lot with the Fediverse: how to keep the nazis at bay. I think with Reddit, Twitter et al one of the main factors is that nazis also tend to spend money to show their allegiance, which is why you see things like Trump selling fake $1000 bills with his face on it. It’s very profitable to give nazis a space to be awful because they will spend money they don’t have to feel like they’re really part of the club.
I think it comes down to the same rules as running a bar. If nazis come in, you gotta kick them out right away, otherwise before you know it your bar is a nazi bar. I think that’s why “edgy” humor comms are particularly vulnerable, because they’re a good place for nazis to gradually push the envelope in the name of “humor” and once they get a beachhead, they’re hard to stop without decisive action.
This is a big part of how Reddit got radicalized
Happens a lot. I remember when I could scroll through twitter and not see any nazis.
It’s something I think about a lot with the Fediverse: how to keep the nazis at bay. I think with Reddit, Twitter et al one of the main factors is that nazis also tend to spend money to show their allegiance, which is why you see things like Trump selling fake $1000 bills with his face on it. It’s very profitable to give nazis a space to be awful because they will spend money they don’t have to feel like they’re really part of the club.
I think it comes down to the same rules as running a bar. If nazis come in, you gotta kick them out right away, otherwise before you know it your bar is a nazi bar. I think that’s why “edgy” humor comms are particularly vulnerable, because they’re a good place for nazis to gradually push the envelope in the name of “humor” and once they get a beachhead, they’re hard to stop without decisive action.