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this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024
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Unpopular Opinion
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And everyone says to just ban or block, but the problem is they're brainwashing people that don't know to look out for it They need to not exist; not for us to just hide from them.
Thank you for this post. It's become unbearable and I felt like I was in a tiny minority for feeling this way.
My reasoning is that the people should be the "mods" essentially. If one community gets blocked by the majority of the people, then it might as well not exist. It will eventually die out through not enough people upvoting/downvoting, commenting, and basically interacting with them at all. The "any publicity is good publicity" saying applies to anything on the Internet.
If you have the energy to fight it, then fight it. If you dont, ban or block. Leaving the site itself has the same lack of impact against propaganda as deciding this fight isnt for you and banning and blocking. Change is hard