I always find it strange that people think it would be a bad thing if toxic lies were to fester in the dark, rotten places online
Like, those lies have ALWAYS been in those places. We just don't necessarily want them to have a platform *anywhere else*
Like, those lies have ALWAYS been in those places. We just don't necessarily want them to have a platform *anywhere else*
If you give a ridiculous anti-vaccine conspiracy prime-time, all you are doing is legitimizing nonsense and giving it a platform. It has nothing to do with "shining a light" or whatever
If @lulumeservey and @SubstackInc were to do something about anti-vaccine advocates on their platform, it's true to say that these people would not disappear entirely
What WOULD happen - what we have clear evidence happens when such action is taken - is that these people would go from preaching to a choir of millions to talking to a handful of die-hard believers
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