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But the thing is people aren’t having “their say”. Social media companies are amplifying voices and viewpoints. They are not acting as “common carriers” letting
by conception 9mo ago
But the thing is people aren’t having “their say”. Social media companies are amplifying voices and viewpoints. They are not acting as “common carriers” letting quality sift to the top. It is curated and crafted.
- tartoran 9mo agoNow they're thumbing down the scale for censorship.
- kortilla 9mo ago“Letting quality sift to the top” implies that there is a way for this to happen without curation. Pure user vote driven things like Reddit are a failure (echo chambers, emotional appeals, bot rings, etc). So I’m curious what you think would let that happen? Even HN is heavily moderated to maintain topics.
- conception 9mo agoModeration is not amplification.
- kortilla 9mo agoWhat do you call the moderators reposting stories they think would be good on the front page to “give them another chance”?
- conception 9mo agoNot moderation? That's curation.
- kortilla 9mo agoWtf is your point? That’s what the moderators do here