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"A Billion Nazis at the Table" - The Fediverse model proves contextual moderation by real humans is both easy and affordable. The presence of Nazis on corporate social media implies at least a tacit a (www.staygrounded.online)

submitted 11 months ago by JustinHanagan@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"If you’ve ever hosted a potluck and none of the guests were spouting antisemitic and/or authoritarian talking points, congratulations! You’ve achieved what some of the most valuable companies in the world claim is impossible."

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[–] JustinHanagan@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The success metric is a vibrant, happy community, not MAUs or engagement numbers, so they make decisions accordingly.

YES well said. An instance is measured by it's quality, not it's profitability.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Twitter has always encouraged gawking at horrible behavior, and its culture has norms like "ratio" which promote "bad examples" so that they can be publicly shamed.

Let's not be like Twitter.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Well, an instance can choose to behave like twitter, but everyone else can federate with them or not at their discretion.