So, until recently, I have been using https://github.com/rimu/no-qanon/blob/master/hosts.txt

However, as some issues that I have opened have shown, there are a bunch of left wing and progressive sites on this list ( https://github.com/rimu/no-qanon/issues ). I no longer think that it is trustworthy. Especially after reading some of the repo owners replies. Intentionally added was t.me which is a generic url for any telegram group. Discordapp.com was on it at one point.

Oy Vey. It’s clear to me that the owner of this repo is not actually spending much time actually curating this list and instead it’s just a shotgun approach. Does anyone know of a good alternative?

  • @mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
    46•1 year ago

    Easily conned elderly parents with poor internet savvy are a thing. They get manipulated out of their life savings too often. Keeping them from being linked to conspiracy sites they otherwise may not encounter on purpose probably isn’t a bad thing.

    Just an example.

    • @lonewalk@lemm.eeEnglish
      8•1 year ago

      OK, I guess that’s a valid edge case. Still, I’d be wary of how that would really work out - if they were to become aware that you were filtering the internet, I would suspect that could lead to some really bad conflict.

      Though, for the very elderly, yeah they probably wouldn’t notice. There’s some nuance there I didn’t think about.

      • @mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
        8•1 year ago

        Well, if they’re of the mindset that they want to visit websites like that and are mad about it, there’s probably drama going on no matter what.

        But if they’re just confused and wondering why you’re doing it, probably sitting down with them and a curated list of Jim Browning’s YouTube channel on scammers would be a good step.

        • @lonewalk@lemm.eeEnglish
          13•1 year ago

          yeah, OK, I didn’t realize QAnon had outright financial scams out of it. Wow.

          (Found this research on one particular scam - helps put it into perspective. Linking for anyone else who might be unaware)

          • @mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
            12•1 year ago

            Oh shit yeah, with the current grassroots environment everyone and their mother has a donation page up for themselves or a cause.

            Also makes it really easy for people who don’t care about anything qanon to inject their own scams in, because requesting money for incomprehensible bullshit reasons blends right in.