Treating inflammatory topics slightly different would solve many of the stated problems with smaller side effects. Namely:
- Outside entities have a harder time misconstruing loud fringe voices as representative.
- Newcomers see more base information first. Once they are invested they hopefully can put those discussions into perspective.
- We don’t loose access to diverse viewpoints and beneficial ideological discussion. We don’t promote echo chambers.
- We don’t need to cencor, we don’t need to ban. That should lower moderation demand.
But:
- Certain people could still not bear the existence of contrary opinions and would still leave.
- It doesn’t improve the quality (title of this topic).