Re:Ask HN: Anyone Building a Competitor to Reddit?
by ed_elliott_asc on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @08:32AM
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Probably the line is decency, is what you are saying decent or nasty. Keep it simple, keep the nastiness to yourself (I’m not saying you, I’m saying everyone).
The world would be a kinder place.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone Building a Competitor to Reddit?
by phpisthebest on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @09:03AM
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Have you been to reddit? Or other places where political conversations are had?
Also let me ask, is declaring "The US should have strong border security and limited immigration" being "decent" because I have seen people respond to that exact statement with claims that is hate speech...
What about "There are only 2 genders"
Re:Ask HN: Anyone Building a Competitor to Reddit?
by say_it_as_it_is on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @10:07AM
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Reddit is designed to propagate content to the front page that invokes indecency. Take, for instance, a video of someone jumping turnstiles at a subway station or a homeless person bathing themselves in free hand sanitizer solution. What kind of comments is a video like this going to solicit?
If you want to keep things decent and avoid nastiness, prohibit content that evokes a strong emotional response. This strong emotional response, unfortunately, is what keeps people coming back.
For me the line is no line... All Speech should be allowed, the problem with moderation is attempting to do it in the first place at the platform level
Give people their own personal controls to see or not see, to block, mute, or otherwise disassociate.
Anything beyond personal tools to control your own overton window will be a problem. Reddit is a prime example of this where by countless issues with power tripping mods who over censor communities exist.