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ejecting jerks is something forums did better than social media, even if the definition of jerk varied widely and was forum-specific. I can't imagine a forum d
by monknomo 3mo ago
ejecting jerks is something forums did better than social media, even if the definition of jerk varied widely and was forum-specific. I can't imagine a forum doing something like promoting the user with the most interacted with posts; they'd probably lock the thread and consider banning
- someonebaggy 3mo agoAnd if you did that now you'd probably have no forum left because everyone has been trained to generate engagement.
- CuriousSkeptic 3mo agoHas it been tried? I mean, it is a common moderation goal, in physical meetings, to make sure the silent ones gets heard. Could be interesting to try a social network approach om those terms: promotion inversely correlated with engagement.
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- Terr_ 3mo agoThe undercurrent here for me is barriers to entry and monopolies and network-effects, ex: Con: You had to search to find a community. Pro: There were lots of independent communities that had competition in case one was badly moderated.
- monknomo 3mo agowell said, I think that is a significant portion of what I see as the problem. That and moderation/curation scaling very poorly