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>This is a crazy hard problem that is plaguing the majority of our mainstream social platforms. ...that rely on advertising. It's comparatively easy to modera
by leviathant 4y ago
>This is a crazy hard problem that is plaguing the majority of our mainstream social platforms.
...that rely on advertising.
It's comparatively easy to moderate communities if you're willing to permanently ban bad actors. Trouble is, that shrinks your audience, which reduces advertising revenue. Reporting accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, et al, is a multi-step process of making excuses for why your reported post won't actually negatively impact the malicious account.
- makeitdouble 4y agoAs weird as it feels, this might actually be one of the very few cases where platforms are willing to throw users under the bus for better ad money... Youtube demonetizing creators with too aggressive stances is an example of that, but we also had Reddit banning whole subreddits when their sheer existence had a nefarious effect on the platform's ability to negotiate ads. When the choice comes down to more active users but lower prices offered, vs less users and better ad prices, platform tend to go for the latter I think (4/5/8 chan being exceptions)