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Indeed, the forum-style moderation will not work on Twitter. What I'm saying is that all of these things: low-information, high-indignation comments, such as f

by fleddr 4y ago

Indeed, the forum-style moderation will not work on Twitter. What I'm saying is that all of these things: low-information, high-indignation comments, such as flamebait or ideological battle... ...can and perhaps should be allowed on Twitter. It shouldn't be removed, it should stop being amplified. When you do any of those things, your post should rank low, not high. It should get organic attention only, and no algorithmic boosting. It should have a low visibility and it should not lead to a massive amount of new followers. So don't remove it, make it ineffective.

sidibe 4y ago
+1. When you expand a tweet it shouldn't always be the most outraged or sycophantic responses that are on top. Very hard problem, but I agree people should be able to express themselves but the algorithm shouldn't always funnel people to the poles. I think with the current system, users start moving towards the extremes because they see the most ridiculous level of discourse of the opposite side (I think the extreme opinions of one's own side are not as influential, you filter them as not representative, but don't allow that to the majority of people you disagree with). And the tweeters are hurt by trying to compete by saying the angriest things they can think of.