Simon

Weird how every content moderation problem that Musk identifies has a proposed solution that involves sending him money...

He could have saved himself a lot of time and frustration by reading @mmasnick 's excellent article - https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/

Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve

It’s kind of a rite of passage for any new social media network. They show up, insist that they’re the “platform for free speech” without quite understanding what that actua…

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Show threadIrenaJun 13, 2023
@Simon @mmasnick Brilliant and funny! I half understood why the current owner of the bird place was in trouble and was misguided, but this makes his travails so clear.
Show threadTodd KnarrJun 13, 2023

@Simon @mmasnick And his proposals don't even solve the problem.

IMO there'll never be any solutions that'll satisfy the people most in need of being moderated because they don't want a solution. The best I can think of is going back to the BBS network policy of making all moderation decisions and the material supporting them public so the rational people can decide for themselves whether you got it wrong or not.

Show threadSimon FrankauJun 13, 2023

@Simon @mmasnick

"Send humans to Mars?"
"Yeah, sure, on it."
"Distinguish between bots and humans in a way that doesn't involve giving you money?"
"That's impossible."