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Being arrested and convicted of a crime is a much higher bar than what is required to ban somebody. I absolutely want private companies to curate their communi
by bitmasher9 1y ago
Being arrested and convicted of a crime is a much higher bar than what is required to ban somebody.
I absolutely want private companies to curate their community of users. This is actively happening, and for some content and jurisdictions it is legally required to happen. If you get a strong signal that someone is a bad actor in your community you should remove them.
- sugarpimpdorsey 1y ago[flagged]
- dsr_ 1y agoIf everybody you meet is a jerk, maybe it's not them.
- surgical_fire 1y agoMaybe everybody sucks. All people are garbage people. "Misanthropes of the world... Keep yourselves apart! Because, fuck you."
- BeetleB 1y agoCliques are a thing, and it's often the case that the clique is the one with the jerks.
- dsr_ 1y agoAh, but "sugarpimpdorsey" says that "echo chambers like lobsters and cesspools of the deranged like BlueSky" ban him. Is it your contention that lobsters and bluesky are run by the same or allied cliques? Perhaps it is more likely that someone who chooses that username might repeatedly act in ways which confirm to them that everyone else is a jerk?
- paxys 1y agoWhat is the "strong signal"? It takes three clicks to report anyone for anything.
- biophysboy 1y agoMultiple reports from multiple users? The linked article starts with this.
- polski-g 1y ago"Hey friends! This guy was a jerk to me at my date. Please file a rape report with Hinge to get him banned! Toodles :)"
- tredre3 1y agoI agree, even a handful of reports in a short period could have been orchestrated as a payback. However surely you could agree that there is a reasonable line somewhere. If, over the course of several months, multiple people with seemingly no connection to each other report the same problematic person, then is there ANY reason to not issue a ban?
- handoflixue 1y agoI feel like "just issue a ban" trivializes the complexity of this: banning one account does basically nothing, and they can just create a new account. Multiple people often have the same name, so you can't just ban everyone with that name. It's trivial to take new pictures, etc.. That leaves, what, asking a private company to do facial recognition scans on all new users? Requiring them to present official government ID ala the recent EU laws?
- bitmasher9 1y agoPerfect is the enemy of good. Honestly I’d prefer a dating app that checks identity and prohibits duplicate accounts
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