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Decentralization and strong moderation are mutually exclusive. You can't simply have a single source of authority for content moderation and decentralize it too
by sedatk 5y ago
Decentralization and strong moderation are mutually exclusive. You can't simply have a single source of authority for content moderation and decentralize it too. It's either decentralized with variable rate of moderation quality, or have it centralized. There's no way inbetween.
- 1270018080 5y agoUpvotes/downvotes and reporting on reddit are forms of decentralized strong moderation.
- sedatk 5y agoUsers can't vote out a content, they can only downvote it which doesn't affect its visibility, only its sort order. There are even people who love that kind of content and read Reddit sorted by "controversial". Curation has some censorship effects but moderation power trumps it. Reporting is advisory too, it's not a power per se. If subreddit mods don't read any of the reports, nothing would happen. No consequences.