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You're mainly talking about the problem of content moderation, and it's the sticky point for sure. We know that content moderation cannot be done at scale. Tha
by jtode 4y ago
You're mainly talking about the problem of content moderation, and it's the sticky point for sure.
We know that content moderation cannot be done at scale. That why Facebook etc are such hellscapes; there is no algorithm in existence that a clever human won't figure out how to game.
Content moderation at human scales, however, is not as hard. I participated in many online forums which were run by one or a few moderators who policed the content with some auto filters for spam, and their own eyes. Some complained about the work, most just got it done and the forums worked fine, no big algorithms or star chamber councils to decide on what they do.
So, in answer to "why the fediverse," my answer is that if we break up the large platforms into a bunch of small forums under the control of only human moderators, there is every reason to believe that content moderation will become a great deal more possible and effective, and we will get our old internet back - the one based on protocols not platforms.
- raydiatian 4y ago> So, in answer to "why the fediverse," my answer is that if we break up the large platforms into a bunch of small forums under the control of only human moderators, there is every reason to believe that content moderation will become a great deal more possible and effective, and we will get our old internet back - the one based on protocols not platforms. Reddit 2.0
- jtode 4y agoNah, Reddit is still a platform. Yes, one that is intentionally divided into sections that feel like small communities, but still a monolithic platform just like all the rest. That's why I'm not there anymore. Not really on ActivityPub either at the moment, I think I have an account on one of the big Mastadon servers but I'm kind of over that whole interaction model. Considering putting up a blog of some sort that federates, cause I do miss telling the whole internet my opinions on a certain level, and I think we do need that global connection web, on some level, to continue to exist. But the infrastructure can't belong to any individual man, or even be under any individual man's control. Or a few men. That's the biggest problem that needs to be solved first, in my opinion. edit: I mean, even if we posit your Reddit comparison, wouldn't you agree that Reddit does a better job at moderation than Twitter or Facebook, and that that comes down to having more human moderators making moderation decisions? That seems like a fairly uncontroversial take, to me.