You either die an MVP or live long enough to build content moderation

Re:You either die an MVP or live long enough to build conten... by unethical_ban on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @02:42PM (#28686024)

It's a difficult problem.

No moderation = porn, gore and nazi discussion. Period.

"Light" moderation often = bad-faith trolls taking advantage of your moderation.

HN does a good job of moderating for civility and effort of the post, rather than ideology.

Here's the thing: Talking about controversial topics, or debating with people who think differently than you, takes a lot of effort online, because there are so many trolls and others baiting you into defending a position without putting any effort to explain their own.

So yeah, heavy moderation is an unfortunate necessity in some forums.

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Re:You either die an MVP or live long enough to build conten... by TulliusCicero on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:05AM (#28690200)

I don't see it as an unfortunate thing for private spaces. It's very natural, and realistically the span of opinions where you can get productive dialogue going between people is not infinite. You're never going to get any useful discussion from, say, anarchists and neo-nazis talking to each other.

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