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Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion/debate?

Yes
- 21 (27.3%)
No
- 45 (58.4%)
Not decided entirely, maybe
- 11 (14.3%)

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TheBiggerFish

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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #150 on: July 23, 2016, 01:46:49 pm »
Wow, seriously?
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #151 on: July 23, 2016, 01:53:32 pm »
Has someone already done the facetious thing yet?
'Cos if not, dibs.
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #152 on: July 23, 2016, 04:15:54 pm »
Huh. Okay, this is a good reason to revive the thread. Nice catch, LW, I didn't hear a whisper of that.
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #153 on: July 23, 2016, 04:29:19 pm »
Quote from: Flying Dice on July 23, 2016, 04:15:54 pm
Huh. Okay, this is a good reason to revive the thread. Nice catch, LW, I didn't hear a whisper of that.
Twitter has responded to this threat by ignoring wikileaks
Wikileaks hasn't said anything new about Leakytwitter

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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #154 on: July 23, 2016, 04:48:05 pm »
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #155 on: July 24, 2016, 12:19:52 am »
Every example I've heard of someone banned from Twitter was a genuinely horrible troll account deliberately making life worse for other people.  Why would anyone want to start a service aimed at attracting that kind of behavior?
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #156 on: July 24, 2016, 12:22:51 am »
Quote from: Ghills on July 24, 2016, 12:19:52 am
Every example I've heard of someone banned from Twitter was a genuinely horrible troll account deliberately making life worse for other people.  Why would anyone want to start a service aimed at attracting that kind of behavior?
1. Well what examples have you heard?
2. The aim would be to have a service that is not beholden to state interests, social engineering or feudal information control
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #157 on: July 24, 2016, 12:28:07 am »
Quote from: Ghills on July 24, 2016, 12:19:52 am
Every example I've heard of someone banned from Twitter was a genuinely horrible troll account deliberately making life worse for other people.  Why would anyone want to start a service aimed at attracting that kind of behavior?
To exploit a niche market? Scum has money, too, and advertising funds est. It'd probably be difficult to maintain anything in particular (look at the many attempts at chan alternatives, ferex), but if you can make a buck you can make a buck.

There's also the ever popular (or perceived as such by the sorts that would be attracted to such services, anyway) honeypot, as well.
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Loud Whispers

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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #158 on: July 24, 2016, 12:29:10 am »
In short: My own twitter, with blackjack and hookers
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #159 on: July 24, 2016, 02:01:08 am »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on July 24, 2016, 12:29:10 am
In short: My own twitter, with blackjack and hookers

Sounds like "state interests, social engineering or feudal information control" to me.
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #160 on: July 25, 2016, 11:51:24 am »
Quote from: feelotraveller on July 24, 2016, 02:01:08 am
Quote from: Loud Whispers on July 24, 2016, 12:29:10 am
In short: My own twitter, with blackjack and hookers
Sounds like "state interests, social engineering or feudal information control" to me.
Accusing wikileaks of that is like accusing amnesty international of supporting torture rofl xD
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #161 on: July 26, 2016, 02:13:20 am »
Wow that was a big leap!

I wasn't accusing wikileaks of anything...



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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #162 on: July 26, 2016, 04:35:33 am »
Ok apologies good sir, but what exactly are you referring to? We are talking about wikileaks producing their own twitter service
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #163 on: July 27, 2016, 12:16:38 am »
I believe that he is saying that if Loud Whispers started his own Twitter with blackjack and hookers, it would result in state interests, social engineering and feudal information control.
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Re: Does the Internet discourage intellectual discussion and debate?
« Reply #164 on: July 27, 2016, 02:28:12 am »
Yes, that is correct.

Apologies LW for being a bit short.

It was intended as a good natured dig,  Also it was meant as a humourous comment in the context of the wider thread, since a large part of what the internet has historically encouraged is 'hookers and blackjack'.  These could be seen as serving the interests of the state as much or more than twitter censorship (though the swamp in banality factor of twitter, etc. should not be underestimated).

Shit, explaining my own poor attempts at jokes on the internet, have I really come to this...  :'(
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