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>>waxpan+(OP)
> I figured I’d publish a short list of things Ello will never do:

> ...

> 2. Tolerate hate. Ello has many tools, some visible and others not, that help keep this network positive.

Geez, it's hard to take anything said as authentic with a statement like that. How can you talk about things without "hate"?

"I hate shoveling snow." "I hate terrorists." "I hate this political candidate." "I hate Taylor Swift music."

>>pauldd+Pe1
I was head of technology for another "make a better world" social network, and we approached fostering positivity as a practice of encouraging constructive interaction and discouraging _destructive_ interaction.

In other words, being directly abusive toward others was obviously destructive and discouraged, but disagreement, even when quite strong, was great, as long as everyone involved maintained a level of basic respect when interacting with each other.

There's also a big difference between vehement dislike of a distant thing, concept or person, especially if one can express their reasons well, and using slurs or advocating violence or harm. I imagine here they used 'hate' to stand in for 'hate speech', but not being in their minds - I really don't know.