Re:A Social Network Doling Out Millions in Ephemeral Money
by noisypl on Saturday October 07, 2017 @01:54PM
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You can always create an alternative frontend, which will moderate content which you like. Steem gives you freedom. You can build on top of it any kind of frontend with any filter.
For example guys from EOS decided to build own forum based on STEEM: https://eostalk.io/
They filter out everything not related to EOS :) Of course all content is available via generic websites/blockexplorers like steemit/steemdb.
I've found reddit's "anybody can be a moderator" model to be disasterous myself. It creates cliques founded entirely on fluff and plastic fakery, which is horrible to see.
On the other hand, HN is moderated by a couple of people on payroll.
I understand (might be wrong, but I think this is true) that Imgur uses volunteers, but puts them under NDA. Objectively makes sense for a site aimed for maximum ad impressions above all else, but only objectively.
I would really, really like to find out if it's possible to find a good balance. I'm not sure if the /. model is at the cutting edge (per se) of social/technical interaction.