[HN Gopher] Moderation in a Public Commons
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Moderation in a Public Commons
 
Author : edavis
Score  : 12 points
Date   : 2023-06-23 22:09 UTC (50 minutes ago)
 
web link (blueskyweb.xyz)
w3m dump (blueskyweb.xyz)
 
| robodan wrote:
| Online safety as a service. I like it!
 
| vmpost wrote:
| Seems pretty level-headed. I appreciate their points about
| decentralization and the conflict between capital and the
| maintenance of a digital public space - it does read a little
| reactionary, but that makes sense. Much of the migration to
| Bluesky is being driven by Twitter, after all.
 
| goodbyesf wrote:
| > Safety can't just be left up to each individual to deal with on
| their own.
| 
| Sure you can. It's the easiest thing really. You can simply click
| or swipe away.
| 
| > Today, we're publishing some proposals for new moderation and
| safety tooling.
| 
| Seems like the same old thing? You are doing the same thing that
| every other tech company is doing but pretending to be different?
| It's like all these tech companies copied and pasted their rules
| from a single source.
 
  | wahnfrieden wrote:
  | "Anti censorship" platforms are a cesspool, enjoy the company
 
    | pc86 wrote:
    | That's what happens when the only people on anti-censorship
    | platforms are the people who get censored on every other
    | platform.
 
      | agentgumshoe wrote:
      | I think we should be careful in using the word 'censored.'
      | A lot of these people were not censored, they were removed
      | because their behaviour was terrible.
 
    | goodbyesf wrote:
    | Every social media company ( reddit, facebook, twitter, etc )
    | was anti-censorship until a few years ago. Wasn't a cesspool.
    | It was what made reddit great and that's why it became
    | popular.
    | 
    | > enjoy the company
    | 
    | We did. And we would if people like you didn't try to ruin it
    | for everyone.
    | 
    | Reddit became a cesspool because of censorship advocated by
    | people like you.
 
    | kurthr wrote:
    | Indeed. Choose your level. Is snuff ok, but child porn bad?
    | White nationalist OK, but Nazi bad?
    | 
    | Really, the only limit is whether it's ad supported.
    | 
    | SomethingAwful > 4Chan > 8Kun
    | 
    | or
    | 
    | Twitter > Gab > Parler
 
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