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reddit is starting to do the same thing. Twitter already does it. Even HN mods "scrub" stories off the home page all the time, usually for very good reasons, bu
by staunch 11y ago
reddit is starting to do the same thing. Twitter already does it. Even HN mods "scrub" stories off the home page all the time, usually for very good reasons, but also often for reasons many HN'ers would disagree with. You can see hidden (demoted) posts on http://hnrankings.info/ http://hnrankings.info/
Private companies have every legal right to do this but it's not ultimately the way the world should be. People themselves should be the ones curating what they see, not faceless administrators secretly making judgment calls using unwritten policies. It creates a situation in which you can't be sure what you're not seeing, which is far worse than sometimes seeing things you don't like.
- ossreality 11y agoNo, no reddit isn't. And I'd love proof of Twitter silently deleting users' tweets. > Even HN mods "scrub" stories off the home page all the time, usually for very good reasons, but also often for reasons many HN'ers would disagree with. This part, is extremely true though.
- kevinpet 11y agoHN holds itself out to be much closer to a curated service than Twitter, FB, or Reddit. There's no such thing as "off topic" on those services (although within a subreddit there certainly is).
- Gustomaximus 11y agoCurated content can be useful and efficient for a readers time if they want to visit a site with a particular content. It allows a site to focus on a core relevancy and limits the hivemind effect. IMO there is value in both curated and community driven sites. The key is either site is upfront about what they expect to offer.
- PopeOfNope 11y agoThis isn't limited to community driven sites and has existed long before the word "social" had anything to do with computers. It used to be if you posted controversial things to your website, you had to contend with the company you bought your hosting from. Facebook and Twitter make it easier, but this is nothing new and has nothing to do with curation.
- tdaltonc 11y agoI don't think that "personal curation" is a longterm workable solution. It's too much of a burden for most users. We need audit-able personal algorithmic filters.