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> Computers can't learn from their mistakes. Humans can. That's the whole point behind bans, is it not? I think the point of bans is to keep TOS-violating cont
by rideontime 4y ago
> Computers can't learn from their mistakes. Humans can. That's the whole point behind bans, is it not?
I think the point of bans is to keep TOS-violating content off of platforms, not to rehabilitate people.
- brookst 4y agoRight? It’s so funny that people see this in terms of punishment and rehabilitation. Do people really mistake these platforms for their parents?
- joxel 4y agoSeems like that’s only for permanent bans. I can’t see anything other than punishment/rehabilitation as the goal for a short term ban. Maybe I’m not thinking it through, but a short term ban doesn’t seem focused on just removing TOS violating material.
- brookst 4y agoA short term ban is a cooldown period. They will give you another chance in case bad behavior was a mistake, but human nature is such that content produced immediately after a warning / very short ban is likely to be low quality “you can’t tell me what to do” crap. I’ve got no evidence, but I would like to believe that Twitch has experimented with ban lengths and found 14 days to be enough to reduce TOS-violating content but not so much that it reduces total content.