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> fix the abuse problem This has been a problem for about 30 years online, so good luck with all that. > add an edit button User tweets out something nice. 1
by icelancer 8y ago
> fix the abuse problem
This has been a problem for about 30 years online, so good luck with all that.
> add an edit button
User tweets out something nice. 10k retweets. Then changes it to something political.
- xref 8y agoHN both has an edit button and is not susceptible to your hypothetical. these are solvable problems.
- icelancer 8y agoHN is, how should I say, not Twitter in any sense of the platform. At all.
- zapzupnz 8y agoHN also has a stricter set of community guidelines (which aren't in themselves all that strict to start with), more heavily moderated, and a generally well-educated, mature-minded user base that is generally appreciative of these two elements.
- dgellow 8y agoAnd way less users.
- zapzupnz 8y agoYep, way fewer users. And what spam accounts exist get squashed pretty quickly. If HN ever releases statistics on the number of users, I'm sure they have more dignity than to include spam and bot accounts — which is, I'm sure, the majority of Twitter accounts.
- tsomctl 8y agoMake it so that you can only change one or two characters, and make every edited tweet have a prominent button to see the original tweet. Maybe make it so that you can’t change links, images, or other media.
- smelendez 8y agoYou're still inviting trolls. "What an amazing pitch!" becomes "what an amazing witch!" (or worse). Well-known users would hate it because they'd be mocked for stepping into the troll trap.