Meta Doesn't Want To Remove Hateful Content, They Just Want You To See It Less (www.socratically.net)

submitted 6 months ago by StewieTheThird@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

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As a general trigger warning, the first section of the post shows some examples of the content Meta is ignoring: transphobia, homophobia, etc.

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[-] nednobbins@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months ago

If they actually did this correctly, it would be great. Whether or not it's possible, or even desirable to eliminate all hate speech, it should be possible to minimize the harms.

When somebody mutters some hateful comment to themselves, do we care? Not really. We care that the hateful comment gets repeated and amplified. We care that someone might take that hateful comment. We care that someone might take harmful actions based on the comment.

If those algorithms successfully let these comments die in ignominy they've done their job. My fear is that they won't really do this though. Instead they'll mostly hide these comments and "accidentally" let them slip out when the company thinks they need an "engagement" boost.

[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 20 points 6 months ago

In my experience. Posting racism/sexism/homophobia/transphobia is fine. Calling out those traits or swearing is abuse.

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 12 points 6 months ago

My wife was the same for while. She’d argue vehemently against crowds like the antivax and the anti-choice on fb and she’d get routinely temp banned for it.