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I don't think it is a good idea to replace political discourse with algorithms. You can't just throw up your hands and blame the algorithm when somebody complains to you.

That is already happening, unfortunately.

One problem with giving up our principles to own the <other tribe> is that these plans can backfire pretty badly:

https://twitter.com/auerbachkeller/status/900376181458911232

https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/241981/googles-new-hate-spe...

Seems like the type of thing you'd find in a dystopian YA novel. Remembering back to being a kid, a lot of them have that kind of setup for disenfranchising the ideology the hero/heroine ends up aligning themselves to, and establishing the group of villainous adults. Actually, I think this exact plot point happens in the Dreamfall series.

> Honestly, they should have done exactly that. Flag their content and ban them. Then go to the capitol. And when some politician asks, "why was I banned?" Tell them honestly, your statements were determined to be extremist by the same algorithm that bans Al Qaeda and ISIS from posting. Then sit back and watch the real fireworks go off.

> Just because they have a political title does not mean we have to respect anything that

A big company like Google would want to be on the repubs good side because the Republican party is the ones who support mega corporation like them