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Moderation on Facebook and Twitter can be solved by letting us choose our own moderators and moderation rules. Twitter has a toggle for obscene material. Give

Moderation on Facebook and Twitter can be solved by letting us choose our own moderators and moderation rules. Twitter has a toggle for obscene material. Give us a toggle for misinformation.

mattowen_uk 6y ago
Because that works so well on Reddit. /s
- Jtsummers 6y ago
  If reddit allowed you to select a "personal mod team" that you followed, it'd be different. Instead mods can ban individuals and remove content. I think GP is suggesting something more like: > I want RT/Fox/CNN/MSNBC/NYPost/Wapo/NYTimes/LATimes/etc. Twitter, vetted by their teams. Allow me to filter Twitter's content based on the input of my preferred "trusted" moderator. This largely removes Twitter from the equation. They remain a platform for content, and others get to choose which content they interact with either freely (without moderation) or under their choice of moderation.
kypro 6y ago
This assume the push for more "moderation" comes from the users of these services. I'd argue the push for moderation isn't coming from the users, but from various government and media organisations who want to control what information the public is consuming. They have no interest in you being able to click a button and see media outlets reporting on the wrong things. Personally I believe we need regulation that require these platforms to allow users to opt-out of moderation and timeline manipulation. But again, this assumes those in power have an interest in freedom of speech which isn't the case.
hawkoy 6y ago
Aether does this. You can choose your own moderator. https://getaether.net/ https://getaether.net/
Nextgrid 6y ago
The problem is mismatched incentives. There's no reason for Facebook or Twitter to let you hide content that wastes your time when they profit from wasting your time (a better word for "engagement"). Remove the "engagement" revenue source (or make it unprofitable due to liability, regulation regarding privacy, etc) and most problems with centralized social media will go away (centralization isn't actually that big of an issue - plenty of things we use on a daily basis are centralized and it's not causing any issues as long as incentives are aligned).

Moderation on Facebook and Twitter can be solved by letting us choose our own moderators and moderation rules. Twitter has a toggle for obscene material. Give us a toggle for misinformation.

mattowen_uk 6y ago

Because that works so well on Reddit. /s

Jtsummers 6y ago
If reddit allowed you to select a "personal mod team" that you followed, it'd be different. Instead mods can ban individuals and remove content. I think GP is suggesting something more like: > I want RT/Fox/CNN/MSNBC/NYPost/Wapo/NYTimes/LATimes/etc. Twitter, vetted by their teams. Allow me to filter Twitter's content based on the input of my preferred "trusted" moderator. This largely removes Twitter from the equation. They remain a platform for content, and others get to choose which content they interact with either freely (without moderation) or under their choice of moderation.

kypro 6y ago

This assume the push for more "moderation" comes from the users of these services. I'd argue the push for moderation isn't coming from the users, but from various government and media organisations who want to control what information the public is consuming. They have no interest in you being able to click a button and see media outlets reporting on the wrong things. Personally I believe we need regulation that require these platforms to allow users to opt-out of moderation and timeline manipulation. But again, this assumes those in power have an interest in freedom of speech which isn't the case.

hawkoy 6y ago

Aether does this. You can choose your own moderator. https://getaether.net/ https://getaether.net/

Nextgrid 6y ago

The problem is mismatched incentives. There's no reason for Facebook or Twitter to let you hide content that wastes your time when they profit from wasting your time (a better word for "engagement"). Remove the "engagement" revenue source (or make it unprofitable due to liability, regulation regarding privacy, etc) and most problems with centralized social media will go away (centralization isn't actually that big of an issue - plenty of things we use on a daily basis are centralized and it's not causing any issues as long as incentives are aligned).