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When your platform gets large enough you have to choose harder. Facebook tried to choose smarter in Myanmar, and look at how well it worked out. There’s simply
by SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
When your platform gets large enough you have to choose harder. Facebook tried to choose smarter in Myanmar, and look at how well it worked out. There’s simply no algorithmic solution to the problem where your users genuinely want to see the content you’re trying to moderate.
Even if you build flawless tools that ensure the algorithm won’t promote anyone talking about killing, your users will invent a new word “unaliving” and use that instead.
- onlypassingthru 2y agoContentMod is a war and not a battle. Tooling should be flexible and adaptable as the adversaries' tactics change and evolve. One Algorithm To Moderate It All™ is a fool's errand. Today's nonsensical word/emoji/ASCII art is tomorrow's euphemism for drugs or hate or ???. The smart, and only lasting solution is to build a team of Navy Seals and give them advanced tools to quickly identify and neutralize the adversary before any significant damage is done.