Message from @Deleted User

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2018-07-18 06:37:50 UTC  

There won't be no trolls or flags

2018-07-18 06:38:00 UTC  

There will be flags, ok

2018-07-18 06:38:11 UTC  

But I'll try and keep it human

2018-07-18 06:38:34 UTC  

False flags are only a problem when the system is automated

2018-07-18 06:38:58 UTC  

Like on youtube

2018-07-18 06:39:48 UTC  

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)

2018-07-18 06:40:26 UTC  

Oooh

2018-07-18 06:40:34 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:41:02 UTC  

Hmmm

2018-07-18 06:41:07 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:41:32 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:41:55 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:42:14 UTC  

I talk to them regularly

2018-07-18 06:42:48 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:42:57 UTC  

Maybe people write articles

2018-07-18 06:43:02 UTC  

and I read them

2018-07-18 06:43:07 UTC  

Keep them around for a while

2018-07-18 06:43:12 UTC  

@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.

2018-07-18 06:43:27 UTC  

But yeah these are possible issues

2018-07-18 06:43:32 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:43:40 UTC  

I think I should start with the basics first

2018-07-18 06:43:49 UTC  

Design the site

2018-07-18 06:43:59 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:44:06 UTC  

But if it seems to work.

2018-07-18 06:44:12 UTC  

Hey, they're interesting people

2018-07-18 06:44:24 UTC  

The psychopath is a conservative

2018-07-18 06:44:26 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:44:39 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:44:50 UTC  

And the other guy is Frank Smytt

2018-07-18 06:45:18 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:45:22 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:46:04 UTC  

He's a black guy btw

2018-07-18 06:46:09 UTC  

We were discussing alt-lite earlier

2018-07-18 06:46:17 UTC  

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.

2018-07-18 06:46:22 UTC  

Alt lite seems to be a prejorative

2018-07-18 06:46:39 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:46:46 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:46:52 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:47:03 UTC  

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

2018-07-18 06:47:07 UTC  

On tumblr alt lite is a nazi dogwhistle

2018-07-18 06:47:15 UTC  

So there's that