Re:Gatekeepers or Censors? How Tech Manages Online Speech
by pavel_lishin on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @11:27AM
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It can definitely work in certain cases, especially when there's a single very clear focus or purpose for the forum, or some sort of accountability for your opinions.
Re:Gatekeepers or Censors? How Tech Manages Online Speech
by baud147258 on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @11:42AM
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> single very clear focus or purpose for the forum
It's the case on that forum and the off-topic discussions (religion & politics) are accesible only to accounts older than 1 year, so it helps to limit shitposting in those discussions. Accountability for your opinions in that case just mean getting mocked by other people (I said free speech, not nice speech).
I just wanted to show an counter-example disagreeing with your (apparently) absolute position.
Re:Gatekeepers or Censors? How Tech Manages Online Speech
by pavel_lishin on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @01:43PM
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> Accountability for your opinions in that case just mean getting mocked by other people
Yup! That's one of the good ways of holding people accountable.
Re:Gatekeepers or Censors? How Tech Manages Online Speech
by baud147258 on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @03:36PM
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Also they have tags that will appear above the user portrait, to indicate the more troublesome members. They are applied by the few moderators. They include shiposter, idiot, edgy...
It depends. One forum where I spend some of my time has very hands-off moderation and it does have a) some quality conversations b) diversity of opinions. Of course it descends regularly in low-quality drivel, insults and/or shitposting, especially on controversial subjects, but it works.
Edit: But I can't say that it works everywehre, just that it can work.