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Communities that promote misleading information and conspiracy theories should be not allowed.

PS I propose to add this rule to lemmy.ml rules

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Yhe purpose of rules and moderation is that everyone behaves well, eithoit personal insults etc. Not to decide what is true or false (thats what discussions are for).

If its really misinformation like you say, it should be no problem to debunk it with actual arguments. And if you dont like the community, you can personally block it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I understand your point, but I think what we all learned very recently is that idiots will be idiots regardless of what you show them.

Look at people from /r/joerogan for example, antivax and antimasks and such. No matter what information you show them, they always have their own biased (non factual, wrong) sources. They just hide in that. Is it not better to just cut the propagation of false information from the start? Avoid the congregation of sick/wrong ideas?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As they say, you can't convince someone with facts out of a position that they ended up in without looking at the facts.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

No, but you can convince them by being close enough to them that your distaste for their nonsense is palpable and constant.

That can't happen if you've chased them off though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If its really misinformation like you say, it should be no problem to debunk it with actual arguments.

you just opened a conspiratorial box of Pandora on lemmy.ml

What I'm talking about is just to come up with a position and indicate it in rules.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And you want to ban people just because they have a different opinion. To me that sounds much more dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It isn't "opinion" whether vaccines/masks work or not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Its just spam at this point and should be dealt with accordingly

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

deplatforming works, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can't actually convince them that the way they think is wrong. They're programmed at this point. Refusing to give them an echo chamber is the best option.