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A possible solution to this is to allow any user to be a moderator, and to allow other users who want moderation to subscribe to one or moderation "feeds" from

A possible solution to this is to allow any user to be a moderator, and to allow other users who want moderation to subscribe to one or moderation "feeds" from other users. If one wants to wade through the degenerate cesspool of content, they'd have that option. If one wants to only see fluffy non-hateful things, they could subscribe to moderation feeds that achieve that. The notion that we can impose a single perspective of "good content" and "bad content" onto millions of people, with different perspectives, is simply asinine.

8note 4y ago
This solution would run into the same problem. X moderator doesn't give preferential enough treatment to conservatives, and therefore must be stopped
- mrshadowgoose 4y ago
  On the contrary, moderation feeds would almost certainly be completely protected by free speech laws, as they would essentially be the expressed opinions of individual people.
  - x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
    What free speech laws? Conservatives keep screeching free speech in the realm of a private entity and it simply doesn't apply.
    - mrshadowgoose 4y ago
      This discussion is specifically scoped to the legal system in the United States. If you, as a US individual, express the opinion that "I do not like post with unique ID X on platform Y because of reasons a,b,c", that would be protected speech. A moderation feed would be equivalent to a series of such statements. If other users decide to subscribe to your moderation feed, and have matching posts automatically hidden, that would specifically be the choice of that individual user, and not a private company. One of the greatest scams governments around the world have managed to pull is making "free speech" a politically partisan issue. There are two sides to it though, but it's not conservative vs. liberal, it's the common people vs. governments and corporations.
      - x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
        This is a solution looking for a problem.

8note 4y ago

This solution would run into the same problem. X moderator doesn't give preferential enough treatment to conservatives, and therefore must be stopped

mrshadowgoose 4y ago
On the contrary, moderation feeds would almost certainly be completely protected by free speech laws, as they would essentially be the expressed opinions of individual people.
- x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
  What free speech laws? Conservatives keep screeching free speech in the realm of a private entity and it simply doesn't apply.
  - mrshadowgoose 4y ago
    This discussion is specifically scoped to the legal system in the United States. If you, as a US individual, express the opinion that "I do not like post with unique ID X on platform Y because of reasons a,b,c", that would be protected speech. A moderation feed would be equivalent to a series of such statements. If other users decide to subscribe to your moderation feed, and have matching posts automatically hidden, that would specifically be the choice of that individual user, and not a private company. One of the greatest scams governments around the world have managed to pull is making "free speech" a politically partisan issue. There are two sides to it though, but it's not conservative vs. liberal, it's the common people vs. governments and corporations.
    - x86_64Ubuntu 4y ago
      This is a solution looking for a problem.