Thursday, April 30, 2015

Yabberz update

So some time ago, I wrote a post critical of comments on the internet and in particular Yabberz. Sine then, I've found that the articles of this site have started showing up on Yabberz, so I took a look. And two things have struck me. One is that somehow, despite several posts that go into controversial ideas sure to bring in a response from moderates and extremists on the site, barely any feedback or blowback or whatever. And second, that it seems the site has gotten rid of most of its far right element, judging from the articles and comments I could see. So here at SoCal Editorial, there will no longer be anything criticizing Yabberz after this post, unless circumstances change in the future. Not just because it seems the right-wing idiots taking it over seem to be gone, but also because it's ultimately a site with little potential for actual changes or anything, from what I saw it's a small thing full of bickering nobodies who sometimes are incoherent, and just debate without any substance or useful things coming out of them. Freedom of speech is very very important, obviously, but this is just a place full of jabberers, and frankly this site has more important things to do and cover.

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  1. I accepted a Facebook friend request from Melissa Horton after she said she had read some of my posts, and thought I would be a good fit for Yabberz. Later, after looking at Yabberz, I got the impression that it catered to right wing blowhards, with the occasional token liberal for the tea party types to lambast. It reminds me a little of SodaHead with the same loaded questions. I decided that I wasn’t interested. Apparently I’m too late. I am getting dozens of friend suggestions with “1 mutual friend” that “includes Melissa Nguyen Horton.” I am getting daily messages on my Gmail account stating that I have new followers on Yabberz. First of all, for several reasons, I just don’t do politics on Facebook. Secondly, I have 2 twitter accounts, 2 Gmail accounts, several other social media accounts, including Discus, and 9 WordPress.org websites that are in various stages of functionality. I don’t need another outlet to voice my opinion! Thanks for your discussion on this topic. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one with an opinion on this.

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