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Are you calling Facebook "carefully moderated"?

julienb_sea 5y ago
I certainly am calling Facebook and other mainstream social media more carefully moderated than off-the-beaten-path social networks which glorify anorexia, self-harm and other disorders.
- bitexploder 5y ago
  Guess it depends on what you want moderated. I don’t consider Facebook very well moderated. They moderate what helps them sell ads and leave the rest of their sewer alone.
- munk-a 5y ago
  These are very serious issues and I don't in any way mean to minimize them but, honestly, nazis and anti-vaxxers are legion on facebook. These groups both pose serious societal threats especially in the middle of a pandemic.
- gerdesj 5y ago
  Your very words: "off-the-beaten-path" describes the difference between FB and ... them. FB does seem to have a moderation system of sorts but it cannot possibly cope with the tsunami of incoming content. FB cannot be considered moderated in any meaningful way unless FB employs a significant proportion of the world's population. So, I do not agree with you that FB effectively moderate their forum/network. I don't care about other forums/networks - that's whataboutery. I assert that FB routinely allows: misogyny, misandry, racism and all other forms of hate speech to permeate their network without effective detection, identification and control of such. Call me out.
  - lostlogin 5y ago
    They have fractionally more moderation after a white nationalist committed the Christchurch massacre. FB remained silent for two weeks in the aftermath then contributed the below (which doesn’t seem to actually name any changes). There was a strongly negative reaction here on HN when ISPs started blocking access to the killer’s live stream. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/facebook-chief-operating-officer-sheryl-sandbergs-letter-to-new-zealand/UAPCQMTI645ICB734DKQW25FQQ/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/facebook-chief-operating...
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I certainly am calling Facebook and other mainstream social media more carefully moderated than off-the-beaten-path social networks which glorify anorexia, self-harm and other disorders.

bitexploder 5y ago
Guess it depends on what you want moderated. I don’t consider Facebook very well moderated. They moderate what helps them sell ads and leave the rest of their sewer alone.
munk-a 5y ago
These are very serious issues and I don't in any way mean to minimize them but, honestly, nazis and anti-vaxxers are legion on facebook. These groups both pose serious societal threats especially in the middle of a pandemic.
gerdesj 5y ago
Your very words: "off-the-beaten-path" describes the difference between FB and ... them. FB does seem to have a moderation system of sorts but it cannot possibly cope with the tsunami of incoming content. FB cannot be considered moderated in any meaningful way unless FB employs a significant proportion of the world's population. So, I do not agree with you that FB effectively moderate their forum/network. I don't care about other forums/networks - that's whataboutery. I assert that FB routinely allows: misogyny, misandry, racism and all other forms of hate speech to permeate their network without effective detection, identification and control of such. Call me out.
- lostlogin 5y ago
  They have fractionally more moderation after a white nationalist committed the Christchurch massacre. FB remained silent for two weeks in the aftermath then contributed the below (which doesn’t seem to actually name any changes). There was a strongly negative reaction here on HN when ISPs started blocking access to the killer’s live stream. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/facebook-chief-operating-officer-sheryl-sandbergs-letter-to-new-zealand/UAPCQMTI645ICB734DKQW25FQQ/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/facebook-chief-operating...
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