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> You'll have to start with a decentralized protocol without server admins This is all or nothing thinking. We could design centralized protocols that have, fo
by rektide 4y ago
> You'll have to start with a decentralized protocol without server admins
This is all or nothing thinking. We could design centralized protocols that have, for example, voting. We could design centralized protocols that call together digital juries[1].
Yes there may be powerhungry mods at the very top. They might be able to throw the votes or what not. Abuse is possible on centralized systems. But there's so vastly much we could be trying, could be doing, to alter the gerontocratic imbalance of power, even on centralized systems.
[1] http://digitaljuries.com/ http://digitaljuries.com/
- antris 4y agoNothing's stopping you to use IRC this way, and it's trivial to add a bot to your channel with a poll feature. The problem isn't that nobody has designed or created such a system: it's that they're not very popular.
- rektide 4y ago> The problem isn't that nobody has designed or created such a system: it's that they're not very popular. This assertion would be more interesting if there were more visible attempts. I haven't found anything on github I can deploy to moderate a channel via any kind of public-governance or other models. Can you? Personally, I think we've done very little experimentation, and the gerontocratic rulers we dwell under generally would prefer staying in tight control. You talk about popularity, but popular for who? Even if some kind of democratic governance gained mass popularity, how many mods would be willing to hand over their long held control over channels/sites?