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by kerkeslager 2417 days ago
> When reddit banned /r/fatpeoplehate the problem moved around for a little bit, but it promptly died. Or when the white nationalists were forced to move to Voat, their numbers dwindled.

I don't buy this. Do you have any actual evidence for this?
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detaro 2417 days ago
They're probably referring to this study: http://comp.social.gatech.edu/papers/cscw18-chand-hate.pdf
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kerkeslager 2417 days ago
That study shows that bigots didn't move from r/fatpeoplehate and r/CoonTown to other subreddits.

That study does not show that bigots simply disappeared or became less bigoted. Nothing in that paper indicates that the bigots didn't simply move to other online communities (i.e. Voat), or take their bigoted conversations offline.

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