mekka okereke May 31, 2024

@ddritter

Twitter:
*I make a post at 9am and go about my day
*A racist replies with racial slurs at 9:15am
*Everyone sees the racist replies
*Everyone reports the racist replies
*Twitter mods take it down by 10am
*I check Twitter again at 11am, and never even see the racism!

Masto:
*I post at 9am
*Racists reply in such a way that only me, them and their followers, see the racism
*So no one reports it
*Everyone gaslights me with "I don't see racism here!"

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111012743709881062

mekka okereke :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] From your screenshot above, and the scenario I listed below, imagine if: 1) the racist user is on "Nazis dot social." They have 5000 followers. 2) the Black user is on "Good people dot social" 3) the nazi replies "Followers only." The scenario: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111010421955145872 None of the good people would see the gore images, or the subsequent pile-on.

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Show threadgkrnours
@mekkaokereke @ddritter for racist slur, a spam filter might be a better tool than a community. It won't help with stuff like sea-lion but that would be a nice start
Aug 3, 2024 at 7:32amWeb
Show threadmekka okereke Aug 3, 2024

@gkrnours @ddritter

Unfortunately not, for at least two reasons.

1) False negatives: Keyword filters are pretty useless outside of context. Eg, You can keyword ban the N-word. It's harder to ban "ninja," "nakkers," or "🥷🏿."

2) False positives: keyword filters don't understand the context of in-group usage of terms, and punish those sub-groups. Eg, the c-word is extremely offensive, but some of my best friends called me the term for years without malice or insult.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109989027419424661

mekka okereke :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @Paxxi @timbray The "C-word" is one of the most offensive words in the US. It's often used in the vilest, most misogynistic contexts. But it's less offensive in Australia? And when combined with other words and contexts, the meaning changes a lot. When an AUS friend told someone "Mekka's a hard c-word!" that was in reference to me being our rugby team's enforcer. When they said "Oh you're a sick c-word now!" that means I lost weight but stayed muscular. Both intended as compliments.🤷🏿‍♂️

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Show threadgkrnoursAug 3, 2024
@mekkaokereke @ddritter I thought these were solved problem with spam filter, which are a bit smarter than keywords filters if I understand things correctly? To clarify, I'm not suggesting that there is currently a good solution available but that maybe there are better solutions to work on than what worked on twitter