There really isn't a clear distinction between what is percieved as false vs. actually unsubstantiated. Especially, when an individual is not ready to actually accept the implications, and adjust their world view.
Here are some examples of things that might be percieved as false, but I have seen strong evidence to support:.
- 9/11 inside job, and much more
- The Apollo moon landings were fake (fake as can be. No man could manually land a rocket on its thruster. Ever.)
- Vaccine depopulation
- Climate change hoax
- Pizza/pedo gate
I only recently began seriously examining the facts about the last 4 bullets, so I've rejected my fair share of ideas; in spite of the evidence. So I'm not advocating silencing any given argument, assuming that facts are presented.
IMO: The issue is unsubstantiated claims, or statements that contain some facts, but the conclusions/assertions are not supported/related to the presented evidence.
The Pyramid of Debate is the foundation of SaidIt, so it seems logical that the strategy for cleaning up the current mess, should be predicated on this core concept.
First a set of standards should be defined (they may already exist. IDK)
Defining:
- terms of a debate
- What is evidence
- The contextual requirement for evidence to apply to an argument (the presence of facts must have a relevant connection to the assertion)
- Criteria that incurs a penalty
- Severity/Timeline of penalty
- Moar specifics.
Loosely proposed idea:.
- Having accounts that fail TBD pyramid of debate related metrics of evidence would be restricted to posting on their own subs.
- Accounts who were repeatedly reported and failed TBD pyramid or debate related metrics of evidence would be restricted to commenting on their own subs, or subs where the mods allow unrestricted acsess.
- Posts from subs that fail the TBD pyramid or debate related metrics of evidence would be restricted from reaching the front page without meeting some TBD criteria.
- Accounts could post freely on subs they have access to.
- All subs would remain on the default list; including subs that failed TBD pyramid or debate related metrics of evidence. (This is a shoehorn against censorship, but it's crude. Still censorship by partial omission/suppression I suppose)
A preferable option may be simply kicking out the offending accounts. This option exchanges the slippery slope of drifting moral compromise; with a swift freefall boot of exile. Which is cleaner, and fairly effective.
One crucial advantage that Sauddit currently has is the presence of both conservative and progressive voices. I'm not sure how this may factor into any given solution. However, solutions that have consensus from both sides will likely prove more resilient to group-think, or external stack.
Boosh! Boosh!
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