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Facebook processes literally hundreds of millions of posts per day. The idea that it can be human-moderated is laughable.

minikites 5y ago
So we should involve no humans at all? I think many people are clamoring for something instead of the status quo of nothing.
chrchang523 5y ago
Not an endorsement, but you might want to take a look at the scale that human moderation is currently applied at in China.
hodgesrm 5y ago
If the alternative is doing nothing, then maybe we need to change the legal framework to make businesses like Facebook unsustainable.
InitialLastName 5y ago
Why should the size of a business be an excuse for that business to operate antisocially? We don't say "Dow chemical processes millions of gallons of waste fluid every day. The idea that they can avoid dumping most of it in a river is laughable". If Facebook can't profitably operate their business in a way that is acceptable to the society they operate within, they don't have some inherent right to a profit.
- caymanjim 5y ago
  I didn't say it was acceptable. I hope they all implode.
_ph_ 5y ago
It can be. There is a button to flag posts. Moderation can prioritize by the flagging and the amount of flags a post gets. Considering how many analysis is done onto the facebook users, it should be relatively easy to come up with a scoring system. Could be as simply as how often a post by a certain user is flagged (and potentially removed by moderators). Also just randomly check posts can be effective, if consequential action is taken. Yes, this is some effort and will cost money. But we are talking about hugely large and profitable companies here. While it might not be possible to "solve" the issue entirely, it could get a lot better if done thoroughly.
- caymanjim 5y ago
  They already do everything you suggest. Clearly not as well as people would like, but this is like Moderation 101. They get better all the time at automatically analyzing things to have humans intervene. It still sucks, they will never be able to keep up. People are monsters and don't deserve nice things.

minikites 5y ago

So we should involve no humans at all? I think many people are clamoring for something instead of the status quo of nothing.

chrchang523 5y ago

Not an endorsement, but you might want to take a look at the scale that human moderation is currently applied at in China.

hodgesrm 5y ago

If the alternative is doing nothing, then maybe we need to change the legal framework to make businesses like Facebook unsustainable.

InitialLastName 5y ago

Why should the size of a business be an excuse for that business to operate antisocially? We don't say "Dow chemical processes millions of gallons of waste fluid every day. The idea that they can avoid dumping most of it in a river is laughable". If Facebook can't profitably operate their business in a way that is acceptable to the society they operate within, they don't have some inherent right to a profit.

caymanjim 5y ago
I didn't say it was acceptable. I hope they all implode.

_ph_ 5y ago

It can be. There is a button to flag posts. Moderation can prioritize by the flagging and the amount of flags a post gets. Considering how many analysis is done onto the facebook users, it should be relatively easy to come up with a scoring system. Could be as simply as how often a post by a certain user is flagged (and potentially removed by moderators). Also just randomly check posts can be effective, if consequential action is taken. Yes, this is some effort and will cost money. But we are talking about hugely large and profitable companies here. While it might not be possible to "solve" the issue entirely, it could get a lot better if done thoroughly.

caymanjim 5y ago
They already do everything you suggest. Clearly not as well as people would like, but this is like Moderation 101. They get better all the time at automatically analyzing things to have humans intervene. It still sucks, they will never be able to keep up. People are monsters and don't deserve nice things.