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The problem with places like Reddit is that they rely on users to moderate. The obvious problem with that is now stories are filtered based on populist mass ap
by mozumder 10y ago
The problem with places like Reddit is that they rely on users to moderate.
The obvious problem with that is now stories are filtered based on populist mass appeal, instead of insightful or expert appeal.
Populist content is very different from expert content. Clickbait headline is populist content. A peer-reviewed journal headline is expert content.
Which one do you think is going to be upvoted in a place like Reddit?
- lintiness 10y agodepends on the moderators, obviously, but "academics" aren't immune to clickbait headlines (they advance on attention too). the problem with politics is there's not black and white, clear cut right a wrong, but there's a never ending pile of people who insist there is.
- curried_haskell 10y agoAnd the moderators are basically dictators over their sub. We believe so much in democracy that we practice it almost nowhere.