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"fact checkers comes from community consensus on the legitimacy of fact checkers..." There's a danger there. "Community consensus" condemned Galileo when he d

by DrScump 10y ago

"fact checkers comes from community consensus on the legitimacy of fact checkers..." There's a danger there. "Community consensus" condemned Galileo when he dared mention a heliocentric solar system, for one example. Did that make the Earth-centered solar system "fact"?

floatrock 10y ago
Community consensus also eventually vindicated him. More importantly, what's the alternative? Turning it all off and thinking independently is one option. Kudos to those who do that, but if you're here reading this, by definition you want to participate in social media. So then the question becomes how do we build a less toxic and more productive social media?
- dabockster 10y ago
  > So then the question becomes how do we build a less toxic and more productive social media? 1. Enforce a basic standard of conduct. That is, define the point at which a conversation becomes toxic. Encourage people to "respectfully disagree" with each other so conversations don't degrade too far. 2. Enforce posting/commenting styles similar to something like the AP Style Guide. Encourage proper punctuation and grammar throughout the platform. Also encourage the community to enforce this on their own. (Yes, I am a grammar nazi in this case. But I'm tired of seeing things like "u r stoopid !!!" as a post or comment.) 3. Hire or appoint real people to review complaints. Do not rely on an automated system for this. 4. Use a temporal based feed only (newest posts first). Do not show an algorithmic feed "tailored" to a user's current interests. 5. Operate as a small group/company. Don't try to become a publicly traded multinational corporation with too many investors to answer to. 6. Be as transparent and neutral as possible. Have a place for users to chime in on the development of new features and bug fixes.

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"fact checkers comes from community consensus on the legitimacy of fact checkers..." There's a danger there. "Community consensus" condemned Galileo when he d

by DrScump 10y ago

floatrock 10y ago
Community consensus also eventually vindicated him. More importantly, what's the alternative? Turning it all off and thinking independently is one option. Kudos to those who do that, but if you're here reading this, by definition you want to participate in social media. So then the question becomes how do we build a less toxic and more productive social media?
- dabockster 10y ago
  > So then the question becomes how do we build a less toxic and more productive social media? 1. Enforce a basic standard of conduct. That is, define the point at which a conversation becomes toxic. Encourage people to "respectfully disagree" with each other so conversations don't degrade too far. 2. Enforce posting/commenting styles similar to something like the AP Style Guide. Encourage proper punctuation and grammar throughout the platform. Also encourage the community to enforce this on their own. (Yes, I am a grammar nazi in this case. But I'm tired of seeing things like "u r stoopid !!!" as a post or comment.) 3. Hire or appoint real people to review complaints. Do not rely on an automated system for this. 4. Use a temporal based feed only (newest posts first). Do not show an algorithmic feed "tailored" to a user's current interests. 5. Operate as a small group/company. Don't try to become a publicly traded multinational corporation with too many investors to answer to. 6. Be as transparent and neutral as possible. Have a place for users to chime in on the development of new features and bug fixes.