They used to moderate, but they moderated very heavily. Mostly by deciding what to publish on, and how to edit what they themselves publish. Heck, that isn't ev

They used to moderate, but they moderated very heavily. Mostly by deciding what to publish on, and how to edit what they themselves publish. Heck, that isn't even moderation. Instead, its picked a context and a set of values against which to determine what is true. User generated content moderation probably should include the step of "picking a context and a set of values" but it is a lot more than that. I can very easily see why someone who is great as an editor is horrible at user generated content moderation. My point was that we used to have an easy way to pick (and switch) the "context and values" against which the media we consume are evaluated. But these days, 90% of people use the same set (as chosen by FAANG) and really, this "context and values" story is not part of media choice, nor is it a large part of media identity. In fact, I believe google and twitter try really hard to not identify as choosing what is true.