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It amazes me that no one has yet been able to build a self moderating message board that uses a combination of crowd sourcing and machine learning to lower the
by robbrown451 10y ago
It amazes me that no one has yet been able to build a self moderating message board that uses a combination of crowd sourcing and machine learning to lower the volumes of the microphones of bad actors. (while balancing it against the general concept of freedom of expression)
Hacker News is one of the better ones out there, but I think it comes more from having a smallish community and active moderation from above. Quora does a pretty good job of suppressing the content of trolls and spammers and those who are unable to provide positive content. But all of them could be improved.
- dwaltrip 10y agoOne big problem is "garbage in, garbage out". How do we ensure the auto-moderators are trained well? Especially given the effort and cleverness certain destructive individuals are willing to expend? The community sets the tone and norms, but it is a dynamic, evolving thing, and I think it would be incredibly difficult to robustly formalize in a system that doesn't possess human level intelligence. Additionally, almost all online communities see a decrease in signal-to-noise ratio as they grow. I think this is one reason reddit has been so successful with their sub-reddit concept, so that groups can splinter off, reformulate their main principles, and start anew.