Content Moderation

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Over the past decade, the social networks broke their promise to content creators. The backlash has just begun. New @ScreenshotEssay: The Algorithmic Feed, Content Creators, and Broken Promises

Current social networks don't have great tools for dispute resolution. They're a combination of anarchy (people yelling) and tyranny (arbitrary deplatforming). An alternative approach is a global moderator hierarchy. In the event of dispute, the lowest common ancestor mediates.