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Squabbles, another recent reddit alternative, seems to be taking the doomed "free speech" path (i.imgur.com)
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[โ€“] Chozo@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I am not exactly sure what I am missing?

Before, you could write "I don't like gay people" and get banned for it. Now you won't get banned for that post, unless you use a slur.

At least, that's my interpretation of it. Maybe it's a bit overblown, maybe it's a misstep by Jayclees, I dunno. I don't think a whole lot of people are really using Squabblr for conversational content in the first place, though. 99% of the platform is just memes. They should just stick to that, honestly. Nothing wrong with being a 9gag replacement.

If he wants to let people have dissenting opinions, then he should at least add a downvote mechanic to the platform. Otherwise it will be riddled with bad-faith arguments and brigading.

[โ€“] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -2 points 2 years ago

If he wants to let people have dissenting opinions, then he should at least add a downvote mechanic to the platform.

No, upvoting and downvoting needs to go away because it's just used to brigade and reinforce the circle jerk popular narrative.

All places like this should have are the options to report a post and to block/ignore/mute a poster. Those 2 options give everyone the ability to self moderate.