Except that it's largely, but not exclusively, limited one forum, Politics. I'm not much of a joiner.
Smaller web sites need not have as comprehensive a screening mechanism as large ones. But that is not an excuse to avoid all responsibility. Again, it need not be a black and white, all or nothing kind of thing. A few protective measures with some reasonable oversight would go a long way. Just my opinion. But thus far ET has done nothing whatsoever to quell the streaming bullshit.
She'll be banned for awhile for expressing her views (opinions). My point, there is censorship via permanent bans, temporary bans, message post deletion, thread closure, or public warnings. The key is to not look like you're "arguing" but only expressing your different views. Personally, when someone then intentionally posts misinformation/disinformation about vaccines in a Pandemic...they've crossed another line into lying that's far beyond the scope of "arguing" (expressing a different view). In the old days, people use to post facts to debate the facts by another person assuming they wanted to express their views. Today, thanks to social media, I'm confident I can post misinformation/disinformation here at Elitetrader.com about Elvis Presley dropping dead from his Covid Vaccination to show that vaccines are dangerous, and my message post will never be deleted even after multiple complaints by others because I'm expressing my views. Yet, if I post the same above bullshit elsewhere about Elvis...like on Twitter or Facebook, Youtube...it will immediately be flagged and/or deleted by someone or by an algorithm. Another way to look at this...the TOU policy needs to be updated about issues related to the Pandemic considering we're in the middle of a Pandemic and some of the key issues at this forum that's being posted by traders...involves the Pandemic. wrbtrader
A Tibetan monk has been discovered in the mountains of Nepal. He is considered the oldest person in the world at 201 years old. He is in a state of deep trance or meditation called "takatet". When he was first discovered in a mountain cave they thought he was a mummy. However scientists examining what they thought was a mummy discovered that he had vital signs and was alive! Among his things, they found a piece of paper that said, "Stop believing all the bullshit you read on the Internet"
Fred, are you trying to say there are no dangers at all from vaccinations? This article from 1999 says this is not correct. And this is just one example. Public should be told that vaccines may have long term adverse effects (nih.gov)