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Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by ivraatiems on Sunday June 26, 2022 @02:09AM (#31881541)
I strongly agree with your comparison, I think it's apt. There's just no way to have a tolerably pleasant public-facing community online without some kind of moderation, and people have been railing about moderators in said communities for as long as those communities have existed.

That doesn't mean moderation is an easy job, or that it shouldn't be done judiciously or consistently, but it can't be abandoned.

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Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by labrador on Sunday June 26, 2022 @02:25AM (#31881604)
My first reaction when I heard Elon Musk was buying Twitter was "have he and his team figured out the moderation problem?" followed by "he probably hasn't given it much thought because if he did he would realize he doesn't need that headache on his way to Mars."
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Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by towaway15463 on Sunday June 26, 2022 @08:42AM (#31883401)
I imagine he’s just going to introduce a simple yet “radical” solution like allowing people to pay a small fee for verified status and adding the option to filter out all non-validated accounts. That should kill off a large number of the bots and sock puppet accounts.
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Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by antifa on Sunday June 26, 2022 @04:25PM (#31887604)
That'll be more effective at creating a poor people exclusion zone than stopping adtroturfing/sock puppets/spam.
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Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by IntelMiner on Sunday June 26, 2022 @04:49PM (#31887810)
Sounds like something he'd want anyway https://existentialcomics.com/comic/other/17
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Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by towaway15463 on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:22AM (#31894973)
The fee could be a dollar a month and still be effective.
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Re:The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos by ivraatiems on Sunday June 26, 2022 @02:47AM (#31881710)
I suspect "he probably hasn't given it much thought" sums up most of Elon Musk's recent decision-making.
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