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I don't know of any social media site that has been able to "consistently" enforce moderation at scale. When you have millions of humans they will find every ed

by drewrv 4y ago

I don't know of any social media site that has been able to "consistently" enforce moderation at scale. When you have millions of humans they will find every edge case and workaround to any specific legalese you come up with. Courts struggle with it too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhWCk2f2alI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhWCk2f2alI Smaller sites like HN do better compared to twitter or reddit, because it's easier. But ultimately it all depends on what kind of communities the company wants to nurture. While it would be nice if social media companies actually said the truth about moderation rather than pretending there's some content neutral principals they're applying, I also think a lot of people would be better off if they accept that social media is what it is, and move on if they don't like it.

winternett 4y ago
They all can't moderate because they don't want to sacrifice profit... That's the explanation. They are also too large, but moderation and proper community support were once requirements for communities and now it's gone... It's a really selfish and lazy way of just collecting profit, and it also disrupts the ability of vital information, honest people, and key commercial entities to function on the platform. This behavior has been occurring on Reddit for years, Social media companies also work hard to suppress dissent and complaints from public view... It's really creating the ideal that hostile, anti-competitive, and abusive behavior towards user bases is the new norm... Especially when they are paying most users to contribute, it creates a grim future for social media overall. It's just far better to create a web site and pour that effort and time into it instead of working in an abusive and exclusionary community like that.

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I don't know of any social media site that has been able to "consistently" enforce moderation at scale. When you have millions of humans they will find every ed

by drewrv 4y ago

winternett 4y ago
They all can't moderate because they don't want to sacrifice profit... That's the explanation. They are also too large, but moderation and proper community support were once requirements for communities and now it's gone... It's a really selfish and lazy way of just collecting profit, and it also disrupts the ability of vital information, honest people, and key commercial entities to function on the platform. This behavior has been occurring on Reddit for years, Social media companies also work hard to suppress dissent and complaints from public view... It's really creating the ideal that hostile, anti-competitive, and abusive behavior towards user bases is the new norm... Especially when they are paying most users to contribute, it creates a grim future for social media overall. It's just far better to create a web site and pour that effort and time into it instead of working in an abusive and exclusionary community like that.