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@herid To me we are getting into banning book and burning book territory.. i dont think even dangerous books should be burned.

@unamanic can you point me to the exact point in the podcast?

@unamanic you mean the two followers that moved who had accoubts here a week... what about it?

@herid no on qoto itself it woukd be suspended

@herid I suppose your right there will always be idiots out there who refuse to fact check things before they adop it as truths, even on a STEM server.

I generally find (and many studies show) the act of prohibition on almost everything results in increased usage/adoption, counter intuitive as that may sound. I also wouldnt feel right about forcing people not to see a thing simply for being wrong.. If someone wants to read something someone posted that is stupid, thy have the right to read it and have the autonomy to be treated as a responsible adult in doing so.

@herid I dont see much value in that account either.. what harm do you think a server full of Qualified STEM professionals would have by being able to see anti-scientific content exists and being capable of reading it? Other than wasting their time, rolling their eyes and in most cases just walking past it I dont see the harm it would cause a bunch of experts in the STEM field honestly. If anything scientists and doctors being able to see the kind of garbage that is out there so they can correct the misinformation seems like an important avenue that reduces harm more so than just blinding them from seeing it at all.

@herid You dont have to federate with them, do you know how to block whole servers?

As for why others on our server arent being forced to block them.. well there arent too many useful reasons, but one important one is so if someone wants to reply to their posts and correct the nonsense so others veiwers can hear the counter-evidence that seems like one useful reason.

@steve Yes but probably for reasons beyond what people thing... largely because they tend to spread disinformation and gossip that causes damage across servers causing people to suspend for uninformed reasons.

The UFoI is a project aimed to address this growing issue.

https://UFoI.org

@shuttersparks Anytime

@shuttersparks Ok, shouldnt be a problem to just uncheck it then.

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@goldclusters Not sure what the playstation 3 has to do with it but I agree, these are good indicators of success.

@thor Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

@thor Sure it was, it was about hiding it.

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