It's weird how any mention of "hate" or "hate speech" or "hate groups" in an article immediately causes Hacker News to segfault and the first comment is always asking for a definition of the word.
And yet, in every argument defending hate speech under the principle of absolute free speech, or denouncing "the left" or "the wokes" or whatever the bugbear of the moment is, they seem to know exactly what hate means and how to apply it.
Anyway, since no one is going to bother reading TFA and this thread is probably going to be thoroughly derailed and flagged, the effect seems to be that deplatforming works:
We study the effects of six network disruptions of designated and banned hate-based organizations on Facebook, in which known members of the organizations were removed from the platform, by examining the online engagements of the audience of the organization. We show that on average, the network disruptions reduced the consumption and production of hateful content, along with engagement within the network among audience members. The results suggest that strategies of targeted removals, such as leadership removal and network degradation efforts, can reduce the ability of hate organizations to successfully operate online.
And yet, in every argument defending hate speech under the principle of absolute free speech, or denouncing "the left" or "the wokes" or whatever the bugbear of the moment is, they seem to know exactly what hate means and how to apply it.
Anyway, since no one is going to bother reading TFA and this thread is probably going to be thoroughly derailed and flagged, the effect seems to be that deplatforming works: