TYT Site Suggestion: Avoiding Conservative Spam
I choose to blog conservative propaganda in a left leaning forum. KenTX
I have been listening to TYT on the web and reading the website for a couple of months now and I am very pleased TYT is now broadcasting on AA on XM.
I have considered joining TYT but there are some very serious issues that need to be addressed first. Perhaps a member can answer. There seems to be a great deal of conversation about trolls, who is and who is not, what is censorship and what is entertainment.
The main question is when does entertainment become paid advertising or more disturbingly , open proselytisation pretending to be opinion. The same argument has been applied to Fox news and other websites that present conservative opinion as bona fide news.
Let me be clear,so called conservatives, like Ken Tx ( I only choose him because he seems to be the most frequent posted by far ) other users classify as trolls have every right to express an opinion and exercise their right of free speech in a open public forum, virtual or otherwise. Remember this point.
However, once a media outlet crosses over from free public access to paid membership, a line is crossed. And that is my concern. I want to become a paid member of TYT but I do not want to be subjected to unsolicited conservative spam. Why do I make that statement?
At TYT it has become increasingly obvious that at least one paid ( contributing) member leverages his contributions as a way to spread conservative propaganda , misinformation ( and in some instances, abuse) and now McCain campaign material on the cheap. Since this user is also a major contributor the lack of action by a TYT moderator implies TYT endorsement of those positions, at least in part.
I have suspected that to be the case since I started reading the TYT forum and listening to the show. I have also read posts by users and sources internal to TYT stating the same. Now with the quote referenced in the prologue, and below, I believe I can say that in fact, is the case.
What you managed to do was bring in 40 comments, and multiple viewers to the McCain ad. Mission Accomplished. KenTX
I assume that paid advertisers do not get unlimited access to TYT to openly spread their un-vetted material as fact nor are they allowed to present campaign material as unsolicited opinion.
If the above is the case, TYT is really, borrowing a phrase from another member,a paid spam portal. You are registering and perhaps paying for the pleasure of being spammed by conservative causes masquerading as a user.
The solution to this problem is the ability to opt out of posts or material by specific posters by contributing members. Unpaid members would not have this ability thus making the distinction between a free and open public forum and a membership site.
Many of the TYT users in question may throw up the straw man of censorship. That is a fallacious argument . They indeed have the right to speak in a free and open public forum. That right is not infringed upon by my suggestion.
Conversely, I also have the right not to listen, particularly at a paid membership site. Whether I do that on my own by ignoring the poster as an unpaid member, or as a paid member utilizing a programmatic opt out function, in essence, paying TYT to do that for me, there is no difference.
Either way, I will not be subjected to conservative spaming.
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