Once upon a time, not too long ago, you could easily spot the intolerant corners of the internets by the speed with which they would remove critical comments and ban or block people.
Now, the game has changed completely. Banning people is no longer seen as useful. Instead, the owners of forums merely call up sockpuppet users and bots to flood the comment threads of the social media platform with supportive comments or snark about opponents. Gaming the system has changed from trying to abolish opposing views to simply drowning them out.
