Basically, my plan is to run the server like Soviet russia

One thing I was considering was trying to think of a way to ensure a balanced look at these things.

My problem was that I could never figure out how you would prevent false flags and concern trolling.

There won't be no trolls or flags

There will be flags, ok

But I'll try and keep it human

False flags are only a problem when the system is automated

Like on youtube

nonono, false flag is a term for pretending to be an opponent to disrupt them or create bad press

(see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag)

concern trolling is pretending to be a member of a group online to improve identification with people you're looking to persuade (see; https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=concern%20troll)

Oooh

Essentially, it's hard to trust people to be honest about their own identifications, so to speak, so it's hard to ensure balance.

Hmmm

If you know people personally or it's the same people attaching a common identifier, this isn't as much a problem.

Well, the I know like two writers on quora I can trust

Ones a psychopath....And the other is one f the founders of the Alt right lol

I talk to them regularly

Maybe I'll try to put an application out on Twitter or Facebook

Maybe people write articles

and I read them

Keep them around for a while

@ExceptionalFeather I can't tell you not to use wikipedia, and it's got some use.

But do be aware of it's limitations and don't just assume what you read is necessarily accurate. Particularly if names or something seem to start flying or the people who are discussed in an article protest.

But yeah these are possible issues

It's ultimately better to do your own extensive research on politics in many cases and balance sources.

I think I should start with the basics first

Design the site

lol. @Deleted User you've got odd friends.

But if it seems to work.

Hey, they're interesting people

The psychopath is a conservative

@pratel I don't assume any source is outright accurate

It's always more fun to have interesting friends than normal friends. I cannot lie.

And the other guy is Frank Smytt

@pratel I just think it gets underused because people think that it is mostly inaccurate

He's one of the original members of the alt right, before the neo Nazis and white nationalists took over

He's a black guy btw

We were discussing alt-lite earlier

In my experience, Wikipedia is heavily overused. It's too easy to use and puts so much at the top that people don't read past it that much. Plus Google and Bing put it right at the top in a special box.

Alt lite seems to be a prejorative

it may have been used that way just like liberal or conservative

"I want to tell people this person is alt right, but I can't, so...."

From what I understand Alt-lite is an attempt to rebrand after Charlottesville.

some accept it to be alt-right minus the identity politics

On tumblr alt lite is a nazi dogwhistle

So there's that

On tumblr everything's a Nazi dogwhistle.

It's a prejorative

You guys know contrapoints, right?

The tranny youtuber?

She made a video about Nazi dogwhistles

And every single one applies to her

It's hilarious

In fact one of the dogwhistles was "Denying that they are fascist"

I don't see the point of alt lite tbh

I've never seen anyone self identify as it

It seems to be applied to people like Lauren Southern and Rahim Kassam

And even Majid Nawaz

https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-alt-lite-and-alt-right

"In addition even though the Alt Lite and Al Right labels serve a function on a political classification level I would still urge one to be cautious about overusing these descriptors as they may cloud some key differences between individuals falling under the respective umbrellas."

"In fact one of the dogwhistles was 'denying that they are fascist' "

The sureset sign you're just on a witch hunt.

There is interesting discourse because many who are "alt-lite" are called alt-right

Like Tommy Robinson?

Katie Hopkins?

Ann Coulter?

Ben Shapiro?

I wouldn't necessarily use alt-lite as a over encompassing grouping though

Shapiro is considered 'alt-right'

Really?

Oh yes

Ya

Huh.

right?

Make a twitter

I avoid social media

Follow Kristi winters

And everyone related

IE; Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr

That'll give you your daily dose of cancer

I deleted my Facebook

If Christina Hoff Sommers can be a misogynist

rarely use twitter now

Anything is possible

Never made a Tumblr

Hehe

Pussy

I have a Reddit though

faaaaag

Jk, I dont either

No fb, no twitter

No reddit, none of that

What would I even do on Tumblr?

porn?

You need an account to access them

R18 ones at least

I use Reddit, occasionally. Usually not for politics

Reddit politics is a shitshow

I've come to the conclusion Reddit is being heavily manipulated at this point.

Ya don't go near politics much anymore

Alot of really angry people

And I'm not sure how much is it external either.

some cool art related subredits

The Net Neutrality campaign on Reddit was a huge red flag something was up.

or sharing of stories

I don't care how you feel on the issue, Reddit was clearly mucking with something.

I like mildly interesting

Spent most of my teen years crawling backwater boards like 4chan and 8chan, Reddit felt a bit foreign for the longest time

And their "explanation" was embarrasingly bad.

I don't really mess with 4chan either

Evidently, Shareblue documents planning operations got leaked and /r/politics was a top target too.

Fun fact about reddit

Really depends on specific board you visit

Anyone can manipulate it

/b/ is a shitshow, always will be.

That's the idea with Reddit.

I once got a bag of chips to the frontpage of r/donald

By myself

But it collapses much the same way wikipedia does. A sufficiently large organized group can potentially cause signficant damage.

It's so easy

Someone brought up my karma on Reddit, but I am mostly like I don't really need to feel like society approves of what I think

Alot of inertial effects and things can give organized entities disproportionate power.

Common public is dumb af

Yeah, Karma is really a game to try and incentivize people to use the platform.

It's like levels in Discord. A skinner box of worthless rewards.

The chan boards are unique in some ways though, people act differently when they dont have a name, or any sort of reputation to worry about

Sometimes it brings out the worst

But sometimes it brings out the best

I always got the impression 4 chan tries to be the worst part of humanity at all times.

"humor is edgy" as they say.

So they take it to the extreme where it's probably a bit too far.

4chan is a lot of things

There's alot of shit to search through, but /b/ and /pol/ are the face of 4chan

/b/ is classic.

and give it a somewhat undeserved reputation

The origin of modern internet culture.

The smaller boards are really chill

8chan is mostly the exodus that happened after moot decided to be a cunt

(Moot was the guy that owned 4chan)

Changed his tune, started censoring certain boards

After gamergate if I recall

Yeah, not too long after

it was somewhat related

Moots fault for hanging out alongside the rich left

/v/ and /pol/ got hit the hardest with the censoring

calling it left or right in any way wasnt something you saw back then

Hm. I get the impression the majority of people are on Reddit now.

Which kinda scares me given how easily manipulated it is.

Reddit is way more populous then the chan boards

And therefore the closer to average internet savvy person

The chan's are just backwaters, thats been mostly true since ive been around to observe them

Reddit is something like the 8th most popular website worldwide.

Reddit is really common, almost entry level internet

It's massive. And ripe for all sorts of abuse.

4chan is structured in a really old, not very user friendly way

4chan *is* old.

It is.

And it wasn't really meant to be user friendly either.

Correct.

Reddit was specifically designed to be clean and self-organizing.

And well, it kinda forms a shield

8chan could be described as 'self organizing'

4chan being so unfriendly

Its like a gauntlet getting in

The way it works is literally anybody

can decide they want to make a board

Like how you can make a thread on reddit

Also, 4chan in alot of ways is meant to be unfriendly

It being popular would defeat the point in some ways

/b/ and /pol/ are both the most populated boards

and the most abrasive

The other boards require you to skim through and find them

But /tg/, the anime boards, the porn boards, /v/ to a decent extent, and a few of the other misc ones

Are all quite friendly

remember when /b/ was good?

No?

I mean, i guess i remember when it was better.

But /b/ was always a bit too much shitposting for me

it was a meme 😛

lawl. So random.

Oh, i see.

That memes kinda true though.

uncultured heathans... 😦

I'll admit I missed the bus on most early internet culture.

Only ever got really slow dialup with the local phone company and never really got on any of the really interesting sites.

Anyone else think /LGBT is cancer

It's like Tumblr

/LGBT?

I think any faction of which i am not the absolute undisputed ruler is cancer

!rank

FUCK

now don't do that! 😦

you'll catch up to meeeee

and i'll be a sad panda

IM SO CLOSE

SO FUCKING CLOSE

!rank

so mean

@Dr.Wol fuck pandas

fine i'll be a sad penis!

😢

Ew

hahahah

I have a theory

If we started eating pandas

They won't be endangered

they'll be extinct

No, ni

That's stangely plausible actually.

Think of chicken right

She's actually got a point

If we domesticate them and find them tastey

It's popular, so companies mass breed them

They wont go extinct

Actually, most domesticated animals would go extinct if we weren't around.

And when companies mass breed an animal, it won't be endangered

for that theory to apply, you'd need them to actually wanna mate with each other

The issue isn't that they're dying out at a rapid rate

Its that they don't bang enough to re-populate the species

Yes, but we're around

:p

Actually, if you want to help horses in America, they should be hunted here

I think you underestimate the lengths people will go to to make a good buck.

@Dr.Wol yes, and it'll be in the interest of the panda meat companies to force them to mate

lets help the buffalo in North America, we used to eat them all and... oh wait

How do you think dog interbreeding is done?

That's if you hunt wild animals, Yeah

It's unethical

Cruel af

But it will work

Wild horses are overpopulated and starving to death.

I'm sadistic Elon Musk haha

You can still eat buffalo in some places.

We eat buffaloes here

India is the largest exporter of beef

Btw

yeah, but the Americans of the 1800 nearly caused them to be extingt in North america

....That cant be true, right?

What happened to all the sacred cow stuff?

Lemme look it up

lol. So the University of Texas has a cow as it's mascot.

But then every so often the longhorn gets old or sick or something.

They go find a nearby rancher and the University president eats steak.

Lmfao it is

@Dr.Wol Bison technically

@Scarlet

yes Feather, might i say you're looking rather exceptional today

Thanks 😄

Do you export the whole cow or something?

isn't the cow sacred to Indians?

That's my thinking

Though the US probably produces alot more beef then that cart implies

Nope, meat

Its just not exported

then again, everything is sacred to Indians

but eaten locally instead