@skeptiker @bjo

#bluesky's approach to #moderation:

"fuck that job, you do it... uh, freedom!"

voila:

#composableModeration

but then they police *that*

so in the end it's a trick to keep the hamsters running on the wheel of "bluesky is #decentralized and free!"

nope

#corporate #socialMedia doesn't like moderation

1. it's a cost center: you need to pay #moderators

2. it squelches #bigots and #trolls

but they mean outrage -> eyeballs and clicks -> engagement, their bread and butter

@breizh

#moderation is a human endeavor and is subjective

there will be grey areas

the idea is to be as rigorous as possible and allow for goofs, as long as there are standards and reviews

none of this has anything to do with the idea of #composableModeration

at best it's #bluesky corporate going "fuck moderation, you do it"

and then of course the result is crap

so they try to police *that*

and the blowback: "you said we could do it, but you're not letting us"

the whole idea is bullshit

@thisismissem

sure, a #blocklist can be capricious and abusive, and subject to pique

but the overarching concept is that anyone makes a blocklist, and makes it as rigorous and comprehensive, or random and shoddy, as they want

and then people subscribe to it or not depending upon its quality (or lack thereof: is the theoretical harm in that a problem if it is self-imposed?)

if #bluesky corporate polices that, then what we get is they've removed the entire premise of #composableModeration

A #blocklist is not going to be polite

It's a blocklist after all

So much for " #composableModeration" on #centralized #Bluesky

#moderation #AI

@skeptiker @bjo

#bluesky's approach to #moderation:

"fuck that job, you do it... uh, freedom!"

voila:

#composableModeration

but then they police *that*

so in the end it's a trick to keep the hamsters running on the wheel of "bluesky is #decentralized and free!"

nope

#corporate #socialMedia doesn't like moderation

1. it's a cost center: you need to pay #moderators

2. it squelches #bigots and #trolls

but they mean outrage -> eyeballs and clicks -> engagement, their bread and butter

@breizh

#moderation is a human endeavor and is subjective

there will be grey areas

the idea is to be as rigorous as possible and allow for goofs, as long as there are standards and reviews

none of this has anything to do with the idea of #composableModeration

at best it's #bluesky corporate going "fuck moderation, you do it"

and then of course the result is crap

so they try to police *that*

and the blowback: "you said we could do it, but you're not letting us"

the whole idea is bullshit

@thisismissem

sure, a #blocklist can be capricious and abusive, and subject to pique

but the overarching concept is that anyone makes a blocklist, and makes it as rigorous and comprehensive, or random and shoddy, as they want

and then people subscribe to it or not depending upon its quality (or lack thereof: is the theoretical harm in that a problem if it is self-imposed?)

if #bluesky corporate polices that, then what we get is they've removed the entire premise of #composableModeration

A #blocklist is not going to be polite

It's a blocklist after all

So much for " #composableModeration" on #centralized #Bluesky

#moderation #AI