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Re:Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams by robto on Friday May 21, 2021 @10:13PM (#27242641)
Do you think this moderation paradox - of needing curation at scale, but automatic moderation + "user flag" moderation being inadequate - is a universal problem, or do you think it's specific to ad-funded platforms?

I wonder if a patron-driven community that sets its own moderation policy wouldn't have this problem, because when a topic gets too large it will inevitably splinter into smaller communities where the preferred moderation style of each subset can be catered to.

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Re:Let’s Talk About Hot Tub Streams by floatingatoll on Saturday May 22, 2021 @01:08PM (#27248369)
Mm, dunno. I suspect it's a universal problem, given that Patreon also fights with "how erotic is too erotic". But the core of today's practical concerns might simply be that advertising doesn't pay enough to afford content moderation.
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