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Biggest form of content moderation survivor bias I’ve seen is that the more awful a post is, the more likely the post will be quickly removed and the user banne
by faeriechangling 4y ago
Biggest form of content moderation survivor bias I’ve seen is that the more awful a post is, the more likely the post will be quickly removed and the user banned. So the moderators end up having a very different perspective on a communities problems than the average users.
Biggest thing I know is most people have no idea just how extreme cyberbullying of transgender people gets online. There are cynical and evil small fraction of the population who simply think it would be funny to drive such people to suicide. Saw this repeatedly.
- feet 4y agoTo add to this, there are even defenders of kiwifarms here on HN. People like this exist all over
- neonsunset 4y agoPlease read the article first.