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Blue_true

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11. A lot of discussion boards are falling into the racist trap.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Thu Dec 28, 2017, 11:17 AM

Dec 2017

Yahoo discussion boards are a prime example. There are frequent posters on Yahoo boards that post openly racist posts constantly, but it is only those that oppose the racists that get their posting privs frozen. Until public boards wise up, Nazis and other trash will find refuge to spread their hate on them.

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"I built a bot to expose bigots. Then Twitter suspended it and kept the bots" [View all] CousinIT Dec 2017 OP

You undermined their business model. Fuck everybody. BSdetect Dec 2017 #1

Twitter Sh'tter and fakebook have NO INTENTIONS of doing anything about democratisphere Dec 2017 #2

It's all about money, T & F don't give a F about the people or countries. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #4

+1 dalton99a Dec 2017 #10

Twitter is shit JDC Dec 2017 #3

Does anyone know how... freemay20 Dec 2017 #5

Twitter is about making money, not the safety of their users. PragmaticDem Dec 2017 #6

While I don't disagree with the concept cojoel Dec 2017 #8

Yes this is true. Originally I think it was because most people were intimidated by Twitter. PragmaticDem Dec 2017 #9

I use Block together to block trolls. PragmaticDem Dec 2017 #7

A lot of discussion boards are falling into the racist trap. Blue_true Dec 2017 #11