> As the social media and tech oligarchies get emboldened to attack less extreme groups
To what end? Wouldn’t it hurt the bottom line too much? I don’t buy the “they’re out to get us” idea.
To what end? Wouldn’t it hurt the bottom line too much? I don’t buy the “they’re out to get us” idea.
To see this dynamic played out in different circumstances, look at the Euphemism Treadmill[0] (as mentioned elsewhere in this discussion) and Purity Spirals[1]. It may be bad for business to encourage this nonsense, but as echo-chambers become less diverse, they can exert more pressure on platforms to enforce their rules for them.
[0] https://englishcowpath.blogspot.com/2011/06/euphemism-treadm...
[1] https://unherd.com/2020/01/cast-out-how-knitting-fell-into-a...