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What does it even mean to "solve moderation"? Moderation is one problem of gray area, there is never a clear line between what is acceptable content and what i
by _heimdall 3y ago
What does it even mean to "solve moderation"?
Moderation is one problem of gray area, there is never a clear line between what is acceptable content and what isn't. Not only is the community and their opinion on what's acceptable changing, the moderation rules are a moving target and at scale you inevitably have government pressure to moderate certain content that the government doesn't approve of.
From every attempt I've seen tried over the years in tech, moderation is a losing battle and the main reason building large platforms for user-generated content is such a nightmare.
- myaccountonhn 3y agoYeah this is what I mean that moderation isn't "solved", and maybe it can't be. I personally think that it's an issue of having so many big companies that try to control what gets shown. Ideally it should be up to the local communities what they want to see and not see, which is something a decentralized system can offer.
- _heimdall 3y agoTotally agree that the centralization by massive companies is a problem here. I don't think decentralization will fix it though. Mastodon tried this, specifically with federation as an attempt to decentralize. As long as people try to use it similar to a centralized platform like Twitterz the moderation problems only get worse. You end up with more moderators with less accountability all trying to moderate both their smaller circle and everything from the outside world too. The only way I see fixing it with a different network model is by going for a fragmented system. Think 90s era forums, very group is its own small bubble and is never attempting to he part of some unified global town square.