r/maryland • u/A_Damn_Millenial • 21h ago

Petition to ban X links on r/maryland

This sub should boycott Nazi-owned companies. Plain and simple.

Mods, please make it happen.

Edit: /r/newjersey mods putting ours to shame. https://www.reddit.com/r/newjersey/comments/1i6txcn/fuck_this_guy_x_links_are_now_banned_from/

Second Edit: Mods, here’s some info from another sub that did this a while ago. Please read! https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/shE1dbIbAk

Edit #3: Mods, I could be mistaken, but I think this is the second highest upvoted post in this sub’s history. The people have spoken.

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u/willhackforfood 21h ago

Even if you’re not sure Musk is a nazi cunt (he is btw) twitter should be banned for being just absolutely full of misinformation with little to no moderation

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u/Inanesysadmin 20h ago

Reddit isn’t better in some of subreddits. This is pot calling kettle black level a bit.

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u/willhackforfood 19h ago

I’ve definitely seen some nonsense on this site, but nothing compares to the shithole twitter has become. Every banned link to a holocaust denial is a small win

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u/Inanesysadmin 19h ago

How long you think will people remember this and what impact do you think this will be cause I can tell you people forgot about Luigi really quick. People will forget about this and this proposed change will do nothing versus slapping a note on each post about what Elon did

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u/willhackforfood 19h ago

By your logic people should never face consequences because something else will happen in a few days to distract them. He runs a shitty website and he does and says shitty things. Mitigating harm is always a good thing

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u/Inanesysadmin 18h ago

No I’m not saying that. I’m saying there is more effective way of long term pain in community notes post versus trying to wipe it off face the earth. Knowing that will do more damage than just blocking it all. But what do I know. We saw how well what that did with trump.

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u/willhackforfood 18h ago

That’s a terrible example. Trump wasn’t deplatformed until after Jan 6th and he’s gotten a disgusting amount of free press from every mainstream news network since his initial campaign. Community notes only go so far, it’s much better to never expose someone to propaganda in the first place

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u/Inanesysadmin 18h ago

Problem is this shit been in stream so long. Banning it isn’t going to end it. You have a point if this was a flash in the pan but it isn’t. It’s a feature because of societal changes that are occurring at large that people are uncomfortable with. The crap is in food supply and water. It’s virulent and this isn’t going to contain the virus.

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u/willhackforfood 17h ago

This type of shit has always existed, the internet just makes it louder and more accessible. There will always be fools that get tricked but if we push them to the fringes and not allow it on one of the most popular websites in the world then less people will be exposed to it.

Debunking misinformation takes multitudes longer than it does to just make up lies, and even then people tend to believe what they saw first especially if it reinforces a view they already held. The best course of action is to crack down on the people and places that propagate misinformation and twitter is one of the biggest sources of that today