# I Thought the Web Would Stop Hate, Not Spread It - The New York Times

<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/opinion/cesar-sayoc-robert-bowers-social-media.html>

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## What Jamie wrote

This article merges the web with social media too much. I’d argue that Swisher’s letter writing example is similar to someone tapping away at a blog. The broad social platforms and their ethics-absent algorithms are the things that have given extreme positions so much visibility. 

Swisher misses a key component. Most advertisers have no interest in being associated with such extreme speech. If the people that advertisers want leave these platforms, the dumpster fire that remains is not a business.

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