"Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"
Pfizer lays 10m in sponsorship $$$ for their concert
"Of course, I will do what you tell me!"
Social media has a tendency to become toxic after a while. The concept of a news aggregator forum is not new - just ask Digg, or even Slashdot. Reddit just took the concept and, largely thanks to Digg's failure and subsequent remake, amassed the largest userbase among all news aggregators of all time.
Now this is where I'd stop and call it a day. Lot of users = lot of toxicity. Right?
Not even close...
Websites like Reddit specifically fall prey to what I like to call a toxic spiral. Toxic users post toxic content. toxic users react to it. It gets upvoted, starts trending and gets frontpaged. Some "normal" users see this and engage with it as well. As they do, these "normal" users start acquiring what I like to refer to as a toxic bias. This influences their behavior on the site, what content they engage with, what they post and share, and so on - except it becomes gradually more and more toxic as the user's exposure to toxic content is extended, and exacerbated due to their behavior, giving rise to the toxic spiral. A normal user:
- Consumes toxic content
- Learns to normalize the toxicity in it
- Engages with toxic content
- Shares toxic content
- Seeks out more toxic content (due to things like confirmation bias)
- Comments on toxic posts / threads
- Promotes toxicity on the platform
Then along comes another user, who stumbles upon toxic content, and if he/she is susceptible, the cycle repeats itself. Give it a few million iterations (Reddit is over a decade old) and you've got yourself a dedicated group of people who spread toxicity like wildfire. And to add fuel to that fire is the fact that most people who bring toxic behavior to the platform - SJW's, feminists, hard leftists/communists, woke types, etc - tend to be losers in real life, and probably have tons of free time to spend online. More time investment = more content = more toxicity. More toxicity -> more users become toxic -> toxicity further spreads.
TL;DR Toxicity is literally the cancer of the Internet, and in that analogy, websites like Reddit are akin to radiation chambers.
"it's necessary to burn down blocks and destroy property to achieve reform."
"destroy property"
Okay then. Let's start with yours! I will come over unannounced and torch the place. You don't mind, do you?
That corrupt Argentine communist bastard doesn't get to dictate policy, much less direct private enterprises' course of action in regards to any matter whatsoever.
But of course the head of a multi million dollar operation responsible for harboring child rapists would favor censorship. Really makes sense if you think about it.
Not surprising. The scamdemic isn't about science, facts, or evidence. It's about control.
I don't know what's more enraging, the fact that the government set up a "rally" to conduct political warfare, or the fact that they did so using taxpayer dollars.
Think about it, these fucksticks are spending our money doing this crap.
Seriously contemplating not filing taxes from now on.
It would be quite infuriating if someone were to get mauled during a protest as a result.
That being said, dog repellent works wonders. Pepper spray works in a pinch, too.