what's wrong with censorship—thoughts

Social media companies have the responsibility to protect their users from hateful and possibly violent content, which sometimes involves removing certain types of posts. If someone posts a picture of themselves with a gun and a caption that tags a celebrity or someone and threatens them, that should be removed and the police or FBI should be alerted immediately. However, tech CEOs themselves should not be the ones deciding what should be allowed on the platforms they own. There should always be a dedicated moderation team that has the ability to communicate with one another and decide as a group what is and is not acceptable for the platform to present to its users. When platforms remove or suppress content, it is often done with the intention to protect users. Unfortunately, some content that is hidden or removed may not actually be harmful, such as the fundraising efforts by "White Dudes for Kamala" that Elon Musk had removed from his nazi hellscape version of Twitter, which he calls X. I believe that this type of censorship is biased and unhelpful. If it were, for example, misleading people and saying that Kamala was promoting free houses for everyone or something then yes it should have been removed and people should have been notified that was not true-- but that is not what happened. During the pandemic, when platforms removed vaccine and treatment content, it was initially helpful, because it was trying to protect people from false information. However, it became so polarized that people no longer believed the CDC, whose entire job was to research and present vaccines and cures to the masses. Because Zuckerberg removed posts suggesting non-scientific treatment options, he made it so that people were more likely to form conspiracy theories surrounding them. If he had, say, simply left them up and allowed people to discuss but also put out a statement debunking them, that would not have caused as much turmoil as what actually happened. People should, in theory, be allowed to "talk amongst [themselves]" (Myers) if they please, but there should also be a warning of some kind if information is inflammatory or incorrect put out by the platform if they believe that it is necessary to do so.

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btr folder

i have so much big time rush stuff. check out the folder here (decryption key: 91BjMPtQC77DcFwGYd1rAA)

literally the entire internet in there

seems like blogger is breaking

i can't add new widgets anymore or even load blogger.com on a browser if i'm not logged in. so i don't know how long i will be able to use this blog... really sucks :(

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useful sites for school

since it's almost the fall semester, i thought i'd share a few links i have found for useful tools and information :)

 

bartleby has homework explanations and essays to look at for inspiration or clarification.
cram also has essays but also has a (free) flashcard tool. quizlet made theirs freemium in the last few years so that can come in handy!
pace file storage bet you didn't know we have a file host online! you can use this to archive old hw assignments and save space on your laptop.
calculator soup a calculator for literally everything.
libguides pace's library directory
college sidekick basically the same thing as cram + bartleby but seems to be mostly international
e.ggtimer a simple countdown timer
gpa calculator how's your gpa???
hemingway editor have boring s.o.b. ernest hemingway judge your writing
m.i.t. opencourseware tons of free online materials
open access library free books and shit
openstax same but more credible, almost any textbook
open textbook library from the university of minnesota
pdf drive pdf versions, but a little sketchy
studentrate get them discounts
student beans same thing but they have an app and it's better
direct textbook cheap textbooks if yours isn't available online
thou shalt not commit logical fallacies useful for writing courses
D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y this one is in all caps because some of you guys need to see it
tip of my tongue for words you can't think of
the american yawp huge american history textbook entirely online and free
the timetable factory make your schedule look hot

poem i found

you have no idea

how it feels

to be alone

and suddenly

you’re not

anymore

everything

i write

is about you

now that you’re here

thank you

for that

i genuinely don't know who i wrote this about but it's from september of 2022