[Encroaching Death]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If we are going to restrict speech to save lives and health outcomes we have two possible positions on a spectrum

1 would be the current Twitter, which seems sort of an anything goes. If Twitter devolves into a cesspool of misinformation and bigotry it will chase 90% of decent people away, fail as a platform, and in that regard will be a decent experiment that type 1 does not work

In the middle of the spectrum we have how YouTube and the like currently operate. You can talk shit about trans people there and usually get away with it

But I propose a new type, on the other side of the spectrum. A type designed to save lives. This social media will require anyone who makes an account to allow social media to do a background check. Any person with a history of multiple incidents of violence and especially gang activity WILL NOT be able to make an account. This is because, according to interviews I’ve seen of gang members, a lot of gang beefs, and just beefs between young poor thugs in the ghetto, start or continue over social media. And sometimes end up in murder. Taking social media away from poor violent criminals will probably prevent more actual death than from all the 4chan inspired mass murderers combined, in terms of total deaths

For the health component, social media should go full credentialism. In order to post ANY opinion or recommendation about health, wellness, or medicine on social media you MUST show proof of a medical doctorate or a graduate-level degree in a related field. Most of my favorite heath and wellness experts I follow do have graduate degrees in either medicine, exercise science, and/or nutrition, so this wouldn’t change much about the information I take in. There are, unfortunately, some very smart/informed but not formally educated people like Derek from MPMD youtube channel who will be shut down, but unfortunately sometimes you gotta wash the baby out with the bath water

We have experiment 1, let’s see the experiment of the opposite: major speech control meant to save lives and protect health. If that starts to work, let’s restrict harder. Let’s make China jealous, IMO

Or we can just tell the moral busy bodies to go fuck themselves and point to the 1st Amendment.

They've pushed us around too long.

No Compromise.