<story><title>8chan Is a Normal Part of Mass Shootings Now</title><url>https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/el-paso-8chan-4chan-mass-shootings-manifesto.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wyldfire</author><text>I think that technology has brought us some truly marvelous things. But they also enable us to avoid casual social contact while enabling us to withdraw from meaningful social contact.&lt;p&gt;Online anonymity permits endless Sybil attacks -- helping turn communities&amp;#x27; frustration from anger and rage into violence.  I&amp;#x27;m guessing&amp;#x2F;assuming that 8chan is an anything goes censorship free community (like 4chan was&amp;#x2F;is?). And maybe it&amp;#x27;s not explicitly in support of racist ideals but instead refuses to condemn any ideologies or discussion. But because of other communities&amp;#x27; moderation, they likely become one of the bastions of the racists.  So even if their ownership never had any interest in hate speech, their platform becomes a de facto mechanism for its spread.&lt;p&gt;As much problems as anonymity causes I sure don&amp;#x27;t think that some new Real World Identity driven Internet would be a good idea. But sites with next to no content moderation seem like a bad idea. Not that I can imagine a resolution, really.&lt;p&gt;~~&lt;p&gt;I imagine how frustrated I might feel if I didn&amp;#x27;t have some kind of daily work or creative task to keep me busy and fill me with purpose. If I felt depressed I might be willing to blame it on someone. If everything I read said that in fact there is someone to blame, I wonder: would I be able to see through that?  Would I stand up and say &amp;#x27;no, that&amp;#x27;s wrong: those people aren&amp;#x27;t the source of our problems&amp;#x27;?  I like to think I would. But I&amp;#x27;ve definitely caught myself (long after the fact) buying into BS groupthink&amp;#x2F;hivemind conspiracy hogwash.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>adwi</author><text>“In a Sybil attack, the attacker subverts the reputation system of a peer-to-peer network by creating a large number of pseudonymous identities and uses them to gain a disproportionately large influence.”&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sybil_attack&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sybil_attack&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>8chan Is a Normal Part of Mass Shootings Now</title><url>https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/el-paso-8chan-4chan-mass-shootings-manifesto.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wyldfire</author><text>I think that technology has brought us some truly marvelous things. But they also enable us to avoid casual social contact while enabling us to withdraw from meaningful social contact.&lt;p&gt;Online anonymity permits endless Sybil attacks -- helping turn communities&amp;#x27; frustration from anger and rage into violence.  I&amp;#x27;m guessing&amp;#x2F;assuming that 8chan is an anything goes censorship free community (like 4chan was&amp;#x2F;is?). And maybe it&amp;#x27;s not explicitly in support of racist ideals but instead refuses to condemn any ideologies or discussion. But because of other communities&amp;#x27; moderation, they likely become one of the bastions of the racists.  So even if their ownership never had any interest in hate speech, their platform becomes a de facto mechanism for its spread.&lt;p&gt;As much problems as anonymity causes I sure don&amp;#x27;t think that some new Real World Identity driven Internet would be a good idea. But sites with next to no content moderation seem like a bad idea. Not that I can imagine a resolution, really.&lt;p&gt;~~&lt;p&gt;I imagine how frustrated I might feel if I didn&amp;#x27;t have some kind of daily work or creative task to keep me busy and fill me with purpose. If I felt depressed I might be willing to blame it on someone. If everything I read said that in fact there is someone to blame, I wonder: would I be able to see through that?  Would I stand up and say &amp;#x27;no, that&amp;#x27;s wrong: those people aren&amp;#x27;t the source of our problems&amp;#x27;?  I like to think I would. But I&amp;#x27;ve definitely caught myself (long after the fact) buying into BS groupthink&amp;#x2F;hivemind conspiracy hogwash.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>HoveringOrb</author><text>&amp;gt;maybe it&amp;#x27;s not explicitly in support of racist ideals&lt;p&gt;Let me stop you right there...</text></comment>