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
To account for the gaps in these solutions, many social computing systems use multiple tiers: Tier 1 is often algorithmic moderation for the most easy-to-catch problems. Tier 2 is human moderation, either paid (like Facebook) or community (like Reddit), depending on the platform.
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Alex Kantrowitzonezero.medium.com
No Vehicles In The Park
novehiclesinthepark.coma very cool example of interactive communication designed to prove an important point: content moderation is very hard
One 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