"A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on", that old adage.

But social has supercharged the whole affair, as you say, in speed and scale. Curation cannot solve it, but can it have some role in moderating it? What other tools do we have to throttle the damage? Do we need to axe social media entirely?

The root issue is trust. All curation does is move the "trust" requirement from the poster to the curator, but it doesn't solve for it. In fact, it arguably makes it worse since it concentrates power and reduces inputs.

I think social media needs to reform along our naturally developed behaviors. Small communities with some proximity and a measured flow of information. The instant global stimulus with anonymous accounts is clearly making us lose our minds.

Do you propose Twitter does no curation then?

Is it a question of where do we draw the line, or whether there should be a line?

I dont think instant global interaction at this scale with such ephemeral bits of data and complete anonymity works at all. My proposal would be for small regional communities with some connection and identity between participants. Similar to how offline social interactions have always worked.

I don't see how Twitter could change into that though at this point.