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I still think this is horribly wrong. Having groups "approve" information means having gatekeepers who wield a lot of power. Censors. Who is to ensure that t
by rleigh 6y ago
I still think this is horribly wrong.
Having groups "approve" information means having gatekeepers who wield a lot of power. Censors. Who is to ensure that they exercise that power both fairly and accurately? It opens a huge can of worms. It might seem to make sense for "obviously" black and white issues. But most are not so clear cut, and choosing a "correct" side is impossible.
"False information" isn't countered by suppression. It's countered with facts and open discussion.
I absolutely agree that the current state of affairs with social media is problematic. That's the reason I quit all of them and deleted my accounts permanently. But what you're advocating still amounts to censorship and a failure to treat individuals as capable of evidence-based rational thought, and is still the antithesis of what we want in an open and free society.
- amelius 6y ago> Having groups "approve" information means having gatekeepers who wield a lot of power. You can choose the moderators at random. This would be somewhat akin to the idea of sortition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition