Content Moderation
thoughts on online content moderation, free speech, and related topics.
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Content Moderation
Spend some time on Substack, then spend some time on Twitter (X) or Facebook or any of the rest—it’s easy to see this is one of the best places on the internet. That doesn’t mean it’s perfect. We are still trying to figure out the best way to handle extremism on the internet. But of all the ways we’ve tried so far, Substack is working the best.
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Elle Griffin • Substack Shouldn’t Decide What We Read
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.
Masnick's Impossibility Theorem: Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible To Do Well
Mike Masnicktechdirt.com
Cancel culture creates a mega opportunity for a new social network -- Twitter 2.0
1. Pseudonymous (no verified profiles!) so you can't be cancelled and policies are applied fairly
2. Public follow graph + DMs (Twitter + Telegram)
3. Discovery engine to find insightful new voices
Avichal - Electric ϟ Capitaltwitter.comOne thing mainstream media outlets misunderstand: Substack is not one platform, it is thousands of platforms, and you get to pick which ones to be part of. And Substack has come up with a powerful way to moderate those platforms: Rather than rely on the company to hire a team of moderators, Substack democratized the process, giving full moderation... See more