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  • 🤦‍♂️

    Like to be honest probably pretty safe to assume about half of what happens on the internet is just bots talking to other bots*

    *editors note: the author is well aware of the optimism in the idea that only half of internet traffic is bots, but whatever

  • well maybe do a bit of investigation and report to us with your findings then. I noted that the news source seems affiliated with fox, which i certainly found surprising. I also noted that the findings come from a non-partisan non-profit organisation.

  • I will say that although obviously my opinion doesn't matter (I'm just some guy on the internet, right), I think that it is deeply counter productive to ban the use of a word a) so completely innocuous and b) in all circumstances regardless of context. We must try not to be dogmatists, after all. The useage of the word is very important is it not. One would not ban a person for saying the word 'nazi', for example, (and here is the really important bit) in most contexts. If the person were to make a statement that suggests beyond reasonable doubt that they support nazi actions, then we could probably reasonably suggest that they receive a ban. In such a case they have demonstrated opinions that fall beyond the contract in which we engage by using a forum like this one.

    Similarly: consider my useage of the banned word above. Ask yourself not if it was offensive, because offense unless deeply intentional is subjective. Ask yourself instead if the useage was malicious. Ask yourself if it demonstrated an intent to breach the social contract. Consider this. And consider the value of enforcing arbitrary rules in a dogmatic sense, which is to say in a thoughtless sense, without consideration beyond the plain text. Ask yourself how best you can serve your community, and how you can serve those who try to make use of it. Remember that we are all of us here united in our interest in free and authentic (social) media, away from the propaganda and talking points that have become commonplace elsewhere. We make genuine attempts to communicate, and banning any useage of a single word regardless of content is extremely silly.