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It is a threat to democracy when your opponent has access to social media. But not when your opponent gets removed from social media. The principles of politic

It is a threat to democracy when your opponent has access to social media. But not when your opponent gets removed from social media. The principles of politicians on full display. Btw, I don't think moderation is hard. If you are saying Trump is guilty of "hate speech" or whatever, and the Taliban isn't...the problem isn't the rules, it is how you apply them (which is a natural consequence of people at these companies not being interested in moderation at all, Dorsey couldn't contain his glee after he removed Trump...it was a personal choice, not moderation). Social media companies make the same mistake that most people make when they consider politics: they believe things they don't agree with are immoral. It was never the task of social media companies to be the religious police, they just appointed themselves.

McLaren_Ferrari 5y ago
Outside social media, in the real world Trump is held to higher standards than Talibans because conventional wisdom is that he should be much more level headed given that he went to the best universities in the world and is at the POTUS whereas the Talibans can't even read and control a couple of goats. People are taking social media rules at face value, whereas they should always ask themselves what would happen to them if they said the same things in a bar. Would they be kicked out? If you behave online as if you would offline then there are very low odds that you'd be banned. The report button is the equivalent of people going to the bouncer to have you removed, if he's summoned to remove you it means that you said something wrong or to the wrong demographic.
- aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
  > the Talibans can't even read and control a couple of goats. You're talking about the active government of Afghanistan for like...a million years now. Even during US occupation. I think they can control goats.
raxxorrax 5y ago
> Btw, I don't think moderation is hard. It probably depends on the user base of the platform, but I believe it could be one of the worst jobs in the world. If you like the community and content, great, but the usual employed moderators on large social media platforms probably need regular therapy to distance themselves from all the crap they have to read every day. There is a huge difference if you have to read it because it is your job and when you do it on your own because you are hungry for something tasteless and when you can just leave a spicy reply.

McLaren_Ferrari 5y ago

Outside social media, in the real world Trump is held to higher standards than Talibans because conventional wisdom is that he should be much more level headed given that he went to the best universities in the world and is at the POTUS whereas the Talibans can't even read and control a couple of goats. People are taking social media rules at face value, whereas they should always ask themselves what would happen to them if they said the same things in a bar. Would they be kicked out? If you behave online as if you would offline then there are very low odds that you'd be banned. The report button is the equivalent of people going to the bouncer to have you removed, if he's summoned to remove you it means that you said something wrong or to the wrong demographic.

aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
> the Talibans can't even read and control a couple of goats. You're talking about the active government of Afghanistan for like...a million years now. Even during US occupation. I think they can control goats.

raxxorrax 5y ago

> Btw, I don't think moderation is hard. It probably depends on the user base of the platform, but I believe it could be one of the worst jobs in the world. If you like the community and content, great, but the usual employed moderators on large social media platforms probably need regular therapy to distance themselves from all the crap they have to read every day. There is a huge difference if you have to read it because it is your job and when you do it on your own because you are hungry for something tasteless and when you can just leave a spicy reply.