Communities that promote misleading information and conspiracy theories should be not allowed.
PS I propose to add this rule to lemmy.ml rules
Communities that promote misleading information and conspiracy theories should be not allowed.
PS I propose to add this rule to lemmy.ml rules
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.
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?
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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.
That’s exactly right. You could show them proof right before their eyes and they would still reject it because their opinion is not about what is being right or wrong, it’s about being against the mainstream.
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You’ve got about 3 brain cells if you think vaccines have a 100% efficacy rate. Name one that does lol.
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Sigh It’s at times like these that I remember: “Never argue with a stupid person. They will bring you down to their level and win.”
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Its just spam at this point and should be dealt with accordingly
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.
And you want to ban people just because they have a different opinion. To me that sounds much more dangerous.
It isn’t “opinion” whether vaccines/masks work or not.
is this an opinion you are defending https://lemmy.ml/post/151029 ?
That person clearly came just to brigade and not share their opinion in good faith. Most likely someone who was banned before and is evading too. No one should fear a ban for just wanting to discuss their opinions, but their is a huge influx lately of day old accounts trolling this anti vax stuff and those should be dealt with.
Happy cake day, by the way lol
deplatforming works, though.
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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.