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When Musk announced his new policy towards moderation (speech, not reach), I pointed out it sounded no different in practice than "shadow banning", which was al
by etchalon 4y ago
When Musk announced his new policy towards moderation (speech, not reach), I pointed out it sounded no different in practice than "shadow banning", which was already something that certain segments of people considered censorship.
The reaction to this drop, which just describes how any moderation system at scale works/would need to work, is a nice confirmation of that belief.
"They have a secret blacklist!!"
It's a database.
They have a database.
- ArunRaja 4y agoOne important change coming from elon: Terminal for each user showing their Shadowbanned status. And ability to appeal against it.
- etchalon 4y agoThey will 100% eventually, if not soon after, have a special status, that isn't visible to the end user, and isn't appealable, because moderation at scale requires it. It'll be called something different, or framed in some different way of course.