Agree. Ideas, however heinous, never quite die out. But we can educate people so that they can recognise abhorrent ideology for what it is and avoid being radicalised.
I see your point but I don’t agree with removing the post history or otherwise hiding it. For better or worse, post history is part of the social construct.
Think of it another way: hang out in a community long enough and you’ll have lived through the post history of other participants anyway.
I have seen this go badly and to reiterate I do appreciate the sentiment: I used to be very active on a Reddit wristwatch sub - people who had previously posted in subs related to counterfeit watches often got a hard time whenever they posted in other places (one sub in particular). It seemed that some commenters could never accept that some people had both “reps” and “gens”, or that some people wanted to have a good knowledge of “reps” (to avoid being fleeced on the second hand market, for instance).
Fortunately, there were enough level-headed folk (and more reasonable subs) that didn’t adopt this attitude.
We can choose to look or not look and we can choose whether to act or not act on what we find. And one way or the other the post history is there anyway.
I pay no attention to post history when it comes to voting behaviour; posts are as they are. I’m not much of a downvoter; it’s upvote or nothing unless a post is straight up awful inappropriate for the community it is in.
If it’s a niche subject that I’m interested in, I look at their post history in case they’ve found discussions that I’ve missed.
If it’s a particularly good, funny, extreme or otherwise “out there” post I do look at the post history for entertainment value, learning or just morbid curiosity.
Beeching was tasked with solving a maths problem and that is what he did; also the bus services that were recommended never came.
So now we cut the bus services; there will be a knock on effect on both buses and trains, all at a time at which we are meant to be looking at ways to reduce dependence on cars and promoting walking, cycling and public transport.
British road and rail infrastructure planning, execution, maintenance and review all fall well short of where they need to be.
Hmmm. The last post that is visible to me at the point of the crash is the one about Mozilla finances; I’m wondering if the Canvas Timelapse one is the problem (just speculation - cannot prove it).
Agree. Ideas, however heinous, never quite die out. But we can educate people so that they can recognise abhorrent ideology for what it is and avoid being radicalised.