520

The claim is a major departure for the service, which has long been known as a destination for posting short snippets of text.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] _cyb3rfunk_@lemmy.world -5 points 11 months ago

Having a social media platform that doesn't rely on censorship to resolve the cesspit problem.

Unfortunately, people are more than happy to back censorship if it's against ideas they dislike.

[-] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

How exactly do you resolve the cesspit problem without censorship? It seems pretty much mandatory to engage in some level of censorship to avoid it. The only way to remove the most toxic people is to restrict their toxic behavior.

[-] _cyb3rfunk_@lemmy.world -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think his idea was to reduce visibility of harmful content (like exclude it from the algorithm, or maybe just penalize it heavily) without fully banning it.

I suppose downvotes are also a solution (up to a point - doesn't work unless there is a strong enough consensus).

But even if these don't work it doesn't mean censorship is the only solution. Just because we don't have a good idea doesn't mean nobody will.

Radication and disinformation are serious problems and some censorship is better than nothing - but still seems like there has to be a better way.

[-] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

his idea was to reduce visibility of harmful content

He's got a funny way of accomplishing that goal. So funny that it looks like his goal is exactly the opposite. GENIUS!

[-] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago

You can't coherently convey whatever you think Elon was on about because, whatever he was on about, was complete bullshit designed to make him look smart to the people dumb enough to buy it.

this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2024
520 points (88.1% liked)

Technology

60052 readers
2990 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS