logicordie

Family separation for the purposes of deterrence

Is there any reason to suspect this was ever a purposeful deterrence and not just a biased spin of the side effect resulting from a zero tolerance policy? Obviously if you are committing a crime with children and get arrested, you will be separated from those children.

I've watched Reddit dramatically change over the last 5 years as moderators were methodically wiped and replaced on most large subreddits. This started about the time a certain wealthy political influence company spent millions trying to create 'safe spaces' for their candidate, as well as admitting to paying for some troll farms in court (mostly for Facebook).

I worry that trolls are a legacy strategy and co-opting moderation, fact checking, and rule interpretation has largely replaced the same efforts. Being personally banned from large portions of Reddit for non-rule-breaking factual statements has reinforced this position in my mind. r/law, r/Canada, r/Coronavirus, r/news just to name a few. Other subreddits have blatantly abused moderation against me to manipulate discussion or support misinformation, such as r/Bitcoin, r/CryptoCurrency, and frequently in my home state's sub of r/illinois.

Taking your perspective into account, how do you feel about unmoderated and decentralized social media platforms? They are clearly growing as unmoderatable/federated/decentralized social media and purposely 'free speech' oriented platforms increase in numbers.

Do you feel this trend is likely to exasperate the problem into a total mess or provide some relief through transparency, forcing consumers to take personal responsibility for evaluating content they consume, or for some other reason?

You really think holding China accountable for their consistent trade manipulation is idiotic? Obama tried endlessly as well to rein in China's trade crimes.

How can we help voters be informed about the candidates? Media coverage has become excessively one sided. We've seen large drives to collect uniformed voters, last minute, by parties worried about losing. This is evident by the vote counts hugely exceeding registered voter counts. How can we make voting less about a popularity contest and more about informed decisions on candidates?

Once all the non-circle jerking comments are downvoted to oblivion, they'll start answering the planted questions.