The problem I have with Benedict Evans' commentary is that he is very quick to suggest that a proposed solution is wrong (especially if it impacts the FAANG exe

The problem I have with Benedict Evans' commentary is that he is very quick to suggest that a proposed solution is wrong (especially if it impacts the FAANG execs who hang on his every word), but never offers up an alternative OR admits that a current solution might be better than no solution at all. Yes content moderation is not a scalable solution but no content moderation is far worse. I get it, the platforms are his bread-and-butter, but at some point he needs to stop pooh-poohing the solutions others are putting up and, you know, actually suggest a solution himself. In this article he presents the possiblity that moderation does not work in scale, and that we should stop pushing for it. Then what? Well, Benedict doesn't get into that. He suggests that change might be necessary and that it might be a complete change to a different model of interaction - but he stops short of suggesting that is might be up to the platforms (or the government) to enact that change. If he were to turn around and say "Twitter, you need to fix your shit. Stop allowing unlimited retweets of some poor shmuck's bad day tweet" then he would actually have a position worth considering. Edit: Changed the last line because I got distracted when writing the original and forgot to finish it.