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TLDR;

• LW policy perspective --> I agree on balance
• LW enforcing it on all LW communities --> I disagree as it is not necessary, but it’s their instance, so…
• Fediverse strength --> Move your community to another instance. I’ll susbscribe if you do.

I can see both sides.

On the one hand, history is replete with popular opinions that were later shown to be incorrect. One of the reasons I chose to move to Lemmy was the inherent resistance of the fediverse to the enforcement of a particular narrative, and the inherent potential for respectful discussion and debate. As long as people remain respectful, my inclination is to leave up content that I disagree with. Please note, it has to be respectful, not merely polite.

On the other hand, there’s no shortage of evidence that deliberate misinformation remains a threat in online communities. This is why we implemented no astroturfing and no sealioning rules in the larger community I help mod.

Holding these two competing thoughts, I think that points of view that run (edit: contrary) to the current scientific understanding should not be removed provided that the quantity is limited, it’s respectful and it’s not-harmful. But that’s just my perspective, and how we handle it in the communities I mod. The beauty of the fediverse is that I also have no problems with someone setting up a competing community that takes a much less tolerant perspective and has a rule that participation is conditional on agreement to certain perspectives.

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Learn about the fundamental attribution bias, and make sure you compensate for it, including when thinking about yourself.

I wonder how much this links with the recent research showing that Alzheimer’s may be the result of inflammation in the brain?

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Being nice to people makes them happy to be around you.

But we can have some fun along the way, and it does change behaviour for a bit.

This has been the go-to for decades and it’s not working. I feel like we need to be prepared to engage with the system, but make it clear we are not just passive consumers. Something that becomes viral maybe?..

OP, please reword title of your post to be an open-ended question.

OP, please reword to be an open-ended question.

OP, please re-word to be an open-ended question.

Yes votes: 208 No votes: 61

The Ayes have it.