Randahl Fink (@randahl@mastodon.social)

This is probably not news to anyone who follows my account, but I really want to shout it from the rooftop:

When there are fascists around, *more polarization is better than less polarization*. Meeting fascists halfway means you’ve just moved much closer to fascism. It is and will always be a losing strategy. Calls for “unity” that don’t explicitly... See more

Reduce the visibility of resharing debunked or low-legitimacy content, and those that reshare it. If your crazy uncle wants to keep posting verifiably false conspiracy theories, they shouldn't be algorithmically amplified and his followers should have to visit his account to see them. This lets social network maintain a degree of free speech withou... See more

We're really open to trying to understand the ways in which platforms can be designed, that will simultaneously promote people being more civil with each other, while reducing the things that platforms seem to be more concerned with, which is getting rid of hate speech and harassment and bullying and misinformation.

This point rings true to us. That’s why, as we face growing pressure to censor content published on Substack that to some seems dubious or objectionable, our answer remains the same: we make decisions based on principles not PR, we will defend free expression, and we will stick to our hands-off approach to content moderation. While we have content ... See more

But there is a better solution: allowing users to ban with one click not just the author of a bigoted remark but also every one of the thousands of people who liked the offending post.