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As users of social media (Facebook, X, etc.), we have no authority over moderation. Whether or not a post is removed is determined by whoever runs the website i
by thomastjeffery 3y ago
As users of social media (Facebook, X, etc.), we have no authority over moderation. Whether or not a post is removed is determined by whoever runs the website itself. Critically, the person (or algorithm) who makes this decision is not even a participant in the discussion to begin with.
This is in contrast to traditional forums where moderators participate in the forum alongside the rest of the users.
In a traditional forum, a moderator probably started out as a regular user. On Facebook, they were either hired labor, or written by Meta's software team.