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6 or 7 years ago, my own wishlist for such a network would be similar. My top item these days, however, is actually bot or troll farm detection. Social media
by jszymborski 6y ago
6 or 7 years ago, my own wishlist for such a network would be similar.
My top item these days, however, is actually bot or troll farm detection.
Social media is cool because you get to participate and overhear conversations that you normally would never have anything to do with. However, bot abuse on website like Twitter and Facebook means that every interaction sooner or later gets brigaded by bots amplifying their message.
The technology exists, and as far as I understand, it isn't particularly complex. Projects like BotSentinel do a surprisingly good job of identifying these bad actors.
Perhaps all this falls under the "Customizable moderation" header, but part of me thinks this would be best addressed in combination of some sort of "proof of work", be it as simple (and inaccessible) as a $5 fee on sign-up or something more accessible but more complicated.
- worldsayshi 6y agoHmm, can't there be a crypto currency deposit for each message that will then be returned after 24h? That or something similar. Then the average user would only need very minimal amount of currency but you can only spam if you have considerable capital. Maybe the deposit could also suffer a bit of value loss. Just enough to make spamming not worth it. I wonder what would be just enough here. It ought to be less than what would make it undesirable for almost all users? Edit: I feel like the main problem with social media innovation is that there's very little possibilities to experiment. You need a good amount of users to test something out and users will only go to established services.
- knicholes 6y agoOr why not charge to make a post and NOT refund it? One benefit of this is posts are likely to be more thoughtful.
- mantap 6y agoIsn't this solving the wrong problem? e.g. I don't have any issue with bots on discord. Bots are a problem on twitter and Facebook because neither of those networks is truly social, it is just shouting into the void. Bots can react but they can't interact, make interaction not reaction the foundation of a social network and you nullify the power of bots.
- jszymborski 6y agoBots are fine as long as they are identified as such. In such a scheme, bots are attributable to accounts so that there is accountability and messages don't get artificially amplified.