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May I suggest a compromise? If you only provide a forum, and give moderation power to users (block other users, select what they want), then let whatever speec
by js8 6y ago
May I suggest a compromise?
If you only provide a forum, and give moderation power to users (block other users, select what they want), then let whatever speech happens there to happen.
However, if you (as a forum provider, social network, whatever) select the content to be viewed and promoted (either using a proprietary algorithm or human discretion), or you are optimizing for engagement, then you are responsible for moderation failures and suspensions.
- detaro 6y agoSo Twitter would have to have banned Trump years ago instead of coming up with a "world leader" exception? Would work.
- js8 6y agoWell, if Twitter shows a curated selection of tweets to all users, yes, they should have not selected Trump in it years ago. But if somebody wants to follow him privately, I don't see why he should be banned.
- wayneftw 6y agoThis is what I want. A more advanced feature would be: Pick your own moderator. The system could essentially figure this out for you based on upvotes / downvotes, but a shortcut would be that if I "follow" someone, it means I generally want to see things that they like as well. Another feature: let me bang on the downvote or upvote button multiple times to tell the system how much I like or dislike something. Show me more or less or none at all of that topic/user/etc based on that. Finally and perhaps most importantly, I'd like to see comments and topics sorted by how much my own personal network of influencers rated them. I don't care that 100,000 idiots liked American Idol. I care how much the 100 people I followed hated it (so don't show it to me, ever). Some people don't like my idea because they say it will create an echo chamber. To them I say that it more closely models real life. In real life, I generally don't hang around with people who I disagree with all the time. My ideal system would insulate people from me if they disagree with me and me from them. Twitter must have a different goal.
- bluesign 6y agoThis doesn’t work. What about stuff I am retweeting for example? Should I be responsible on that? As I am somehow promoting If not, then we will have some ‘promoting’ big accounts instead of twitter or facebook, we will be back to square one.
- snicker7 6y ago> This doesn’t work. What about stuff I am retweeting for example? Should I be responsible on that? 100%, yes. If someone posts something illegal and you retweet, you should be on the hook as well.