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Gab Wants To Add a Comments Section To Everything On the Internet (cnet.com)
Okian Warrior writes: Free speech social network Gab has launched a new comments platform, Dissenter, which allows users to make comments on every single website on the Internet without fear of censorship or banning. The Dissenter platform, which integrates with Gab as either a website or a browser extension, allows users to comment on any web page in the world, with the ability to upvote, downvote, and reply to other comments.
"A free, open-source utility that allows people to dissent from orthodoxy and express what they are really thinking, without fear of reprisal, is essential in order to wrest control of the Internet and public discourse from Silicon Valley tech giants," said Gab founder Andrew Torba. "Gab.com and dissenter.com lead the way in keeping the Internet free. All people are welcome to use our products to express themselves freely." One example of recent comment censorship was review website Rotten Tomatoes' removal of comments for unreleased movies this week, which the review website claimed was due to "trolling."
"A free, open-source utility that allows people to dissent from orthodoxy and express what they are really thinking, without fear of reprisal, is essential in order to wrest control of the Internet and public discourse from Silicon Valley tech giants," said Gab founder Andrew Torba. "Gab.com and dissenter.com lead the way in keeping the Internet free. All people are welcome to use our products to express themselves freely." One example of recent comment censorship was review website Rotten Tomatoes' removal of comments for unreleased movies this week, which the review website claimed was due to "trolling."
Yeah we sure need to pay attention to them trying to put unfiltered comments on everything on the internet, what a great fucking {SLUR} {SLUR} {THREAT OF VIOLENCE} the fucking {SLUR} {CONSPIRACY THEORY} {SLUR}'s will have then!
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I'm well old enough, but never heard of it. On its face isn't a bad idea, and I even agree with the stated reasons. But most of the current audience of the originating site have zero interest in open discussion. They want to censor opposing opinions as much as the "tech giants" by shouting down and booing (and doxing) their pet dislikes. I guess if it keeps them off the main comment sections they may become a bit more readable...
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Why does this summary absolutely scream that this is about unleashing the raging assholes of the internet?
So, screw the ToS of the sites, screw everything, we want the ability to go anywhere, say anything, and have no accountability for it.
Sounds like some epic-assholery to me.
Here's a hint, snowflake, you don't get unlimited freedom of speech wherever you go, because it's not the job of site owners to ensure your speech.
This is unlikely. What it's more likely to do is mean that the comments on the Gab version of the forum will reflect the clientelle of Gab.
Imagine, for the sake of argument, this wasn't Gab's project, but Slashdot's. All of a sudden you'd get comments comparing things to systemd, complaints about the MAFIAAAA with relation to copyrights, and so on. Does this mean that the New York Times is censoring comments about copyright and has some hard-on for systemd?
No, it doesn't.
Now look at the type of people who currently use Gab. Are they representative of the nation as a whole? Do you think you'll be able to tell what kind of content gets censored from, say, Breitbart or the Wall Street Journal by comparing the comments sections to Gab's?
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
and put it in the hands of the trolls. Great idea! I can't wait to see the result...
No need to wait. Browse this site at -1 and you'll get the idea pretty quick.
And you are using Vanity Fair as a news source?
While you're giving such a balanced, well though out opinion, what did Pop Sugar or Vox have to say? Sheesh!
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Google already tried this with a product called "Sidewiki". It failed because few people bothered to install the add-on, and because the comments were unmoderated and unfiltered and sorted chronologically they were a toxic mixture of spam and trolling. Useful discourse was impossible.
So pretty much like the main Gab site really. All the people booted off Twitter concentrated in one place. The best you can say about it is that it strongly supports free speech, but you don't go there for the quality of the content.
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It will get saner as less insaner people get deplatformed by the insane left until twitter start banning people for the mere act of being white and shit hits the fan.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I am not that convinced. Lies sell if they're presented louder and more often than reality. And since people concerned with the truth usually have real jobs that keep them busy, what you get to hear the most is the loudmouths that don't but need a scapegoat to pretend it's not because they're pathetic losers but because the Illuminati and Teh Elitez are keeping them down.
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