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It’s an interesting thought for how to implement “distributed moderation” for a Usenet-derived (maybe something sitting on top of Usenet) discussion platform.
by ninkendo 4y ago
It’s an interesting thought for how to implement “distributed moderation” for a Usenet-derived (maybe something sitting on top of Usenet) discussion platform.
“Moderation” can be implemented by a cohort of likeminded people by sharing and maintaining a kill file, similar to how mods on a subreddit determine who to ban. But they only are effectively “banned” for the people to trust that cohort and agree with their decisions enough to “subscribe” to their kill file. Don’t like that they banned too many people you want to hear from? Fork their kill file, or subscribe to a different cohort’s kill file.
Make the UX good enough and it may be possible to satisfy the “free speech” absolutists as well as the people who want a well-moderated platform without trolls.
- slyall 4y agoPretty sure this sort of thing was proposed a few times. On the simpler scale People would even make pieces of killfiles you could copy. But like I said the problem was the new people. They'd open up the group see 90% junk and not bother going any further.