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> It's not clear how you could effectively regulate this stuff - especially in our highly polarised political climate. The right will immediately target "wokene
by cabalamat 4y ago
> It's not clear how you could effectively regulate this stuff - especially in our highly polarised political climate. The right will immediately target "wokeness", and the left will immediately target "hate speech". And the kids will be totally forgotten about.
A good start would be to ban feeds based on algorithms; instead your feed would be a chronological list of new posts from channels you've chosen to follow.
- arbitrage 4y ago> A good start would be to ban feeds based on algorithms; instead your feed would be a chronological list of new posts from channels you've chosen to follow. The replacement you've described for an algorithm is still an algorithm.
- cabalamat 4y agoStop being pedantic; you know what I mean.
- drc500free 4y agoSo ban HN?
- cabalamat 4y agoHN has no concept of following certain individuals, and is a niche website aimed at a particular audience. I mean in things like Twitter, Facebook or YouTube.