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Re:Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for us... by GCU-Empiricist on Monday December 11, 2017 @04:39PM (#15900726)
So what is the scalable solution to allow discussion without causing automated censorship, inflicting astroturfing vulnerability, or hiring significant staff overhead that allows things like reddit to start up, or are you happy with the ecosystem we have?
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Re:Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for us... by jdavis703 on Monday December 11, 2017 @04:42PM (#15900746)
Perhaps a pay-to-post scheme. If it takes $1 to make a post people will comment a lot less, and hopefully when they do comment it'll be saying something meaningful. This will also help reduce automated span.
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Re:Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for us... by GCU-Empiricist on Monday December 11, 2017 @05:45PM (#15901380)
Personally I'm a fan of more speech, vice less, in hopes that more insightful things bubble up, voting algorithms are an intresting puzzle but I'd prefer to see discussion without making people who can't afford it silent.
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Re:Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for us... by cryptonector on Monday December 11, 2017 @04:46PM (#15900783)
It's not meant to have a scalable solution. Of course, some players will be able to afford an AI-based solution. Their fora will be insipid and dry.
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Re:Shock European court decision: Websites are liable for us... by prepend on Monday December 11, 2017 @04:42PM (#15900749)
Push comments off your site and onto Twitter/Reddit.
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