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No, unmoderated online platforms can easily become biased via some dominant groups of members that exhibit intolerance against views they don't share. The resul
by gmueckl 7y ago
No, unmoderated online platforms can easily become biased via some dominant groups of members that exhibit intolerance against views they don't share. The result is implicit moderation.
- simianparrot 7y agoThe platform is still neutral, in your example, even if the community causes self-censorship or self-exclusion to "outsiders" by its dominance. The platform is the carrier, not the message.
- thu2111 7y agoThere's no such thing as implicit moderation. There might be people getting sick of it and leaving, but that's not the same thing as moderation.