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Re:Show HN: Zsync, a Reddit Alternative with the Goal to Rew... by int_19h on Monday June 12, 2023 @08:56PM (#36303681)
With respect to moderation and censorship, I would suggest the authors look at Aether (https://getaether.net/docs/faq/voting_and_elections/). That project sadly didn't go anywhere, but their overall approach to moderation, I think, is the one that comes closest to reconciling the need to curate with decentralization and differing points of view.
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Re:Show HN: Zsync, a Reddit Alternative with the Goal to Rew... by bbarnett on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:31AM (#36306325)
Election structure

Elections are always-ongoing affairs, they never stop.

This seems absolutely, horrifically, terrible. Under such a system, no leader will ever lead, instead, a leader will grandstand constantly. You'll end up with moderators that spend all day, every day, playing a popularity contest.

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Re:Show HN: Zsync, a Reddit Alternative with the Goal to Rew... by goodpoint on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @05:07AM (#36307546)
> Under such a system, no leader will ever lead

That's the whole point. It elects spokespersons, not leaders. It's a wonderful idea.

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Re:Show HN: Zsync, a Reddit Alternative with the Goal to Rew... by bbarnett on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @06:05AM (#36307945)
It's terrible. Peer pressure, eg popularity contests, are the cause of most of this world's ills!
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Re:Show HN: Zsync, a Reddit Alternative with the Goal to Rew... by goodpoint on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @08:55AM (#36309568)
Do you realize that on the Internet people can move to a different community if they don't like the BDFL-style mods?

Besides, you are precisely claiming that dictatorships are better than democracies.

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Re:Show HN: Zsync, a Reddit Alternative with the Goal to Rew... by bbarnett on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:06PM (#36314178)
Read carefully. I said no such thing.
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Re:Show HN: Zsync, a Reddit Alternative with the Goal to Rew... by int_19h on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @07:05PM (#36318880)
Why do you need a "leader that leads" for a subreddit?

As for grandstanding, that may well be the case if that's what the membership wants - in which case I would argue that it is precisely what they should get. But also, does it really matter if you can just opt out from moderators you don't like?

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Re:Show HN: Zsync, a Reddit Alternative with the Goal to Rew... by chmike on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:46AM (#36306450)
That voting system seams overly complex, but an idea worth to be explored and tested.
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