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You would never want to use a big platform that had no moderation, the quality would be shit. For a small, niche platform, it's fine, but as platforms grow they
by namlem 5y ago
You would never want to use a big platform that had no moderation, the quality would be shit. For a small, niche platform, it's fine, but as platforms grow they get filled with 13 year-olds posting garbage, which someone has to clean up to avoid driving away other users.
- syshum 5y agoI do not want to, nor do I use any of the big platforms now... I have no twitter account, no facebook account, no insta account, no tiktok account, etc... I have locals.com account, reddit accounts (which is diminishing amount of my usage as they continue to "mainstream" aka censor the site) , and HN, that is pretty much it for me
- namlem 5y agoThe quality decline from mainstreaming isn't due to censorship, it's due to the increased presence of normies and children. Meanwhile the heavy-handed censorship of subreddits like AskHistorians has resulted in the preservation of high quality standards.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoI don’t agree that decent conversation can only exist with heavy moderation. If you haven’t seen the issue with echo chambers by now… you’re in one.
- kaba0 5y agoBecome a mod on a reasonably sized forum and see for yourself.
- cratermoon 5y agoSee, for example, the Eternal September