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by overkill28 1812 days ago
And the first, relatively mild warnings on cigarette packages probably didn't convince many to quit, nor did posting calorie counts on fast food menus make everyone switch to salads. But hopefully it's the start of a drumbeat where this type of content becomes less and less acceptable in society.

It's not the perfect analogy of course, but I think the solution to divisive, negative, nasty online content is largely a social one not a technological one.