• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    My point was that posting those kind of links in reply to comments that are suspected to be propaganda could counter their argumentation without having to silence them.

    Platforming lies is platforming lies. “But someone further down in the thread refuted it!” doesn’t really matter when the entire fucking point of this kind of misinformation is “Repeat a lie loud enough and often enough and people will believe it’s true”. It’s no more worthy of staying on to show ‘both sides’ than contrasting vaccination with fucking anti-vaxxers.

    • Blaze@reddthat.comOP
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      14 days ago

      I see.

      On the other side, banning people is encouraging them to create their own echo chambers (lemmy.ml being obviously one from the recent instance bans). I guess different communities will have different stance on moderation strategies, which is the way the Fediverse is supposed to operate.