Comment on As disinformation and hate thrive online, YouTube quietly changed how it moderates content
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 6 days agoThat’s no moderation, which isn’t the same as low moderation. Meaning there’s a few red lines that will get you banned.
If people wanna say faggot, they shouldn’t be banned for life from a site. If they want to talk about how Biden is a transdimensional vampire that eats virgins, let them do so fuck it.
A simple vote and downvote system solves many of the issues with over moderation because it’s how it works in the real world. You can say any dumb shit you want at any moment and people will react positively or negatively. It’s simple and elegant and doesn’t push people into forming their own sites and communities where their dumb ass ideas won’t get challenged at all which leads to them reaching the mainstream as it is happening now.
rikudou@lemmings.world 6 days ago
Why don’t you run an experiment? Start a Lemmy instance with those ideals!
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Most of lemmy is like that already.
rikudou@lemmings.world 6 days ago
It’s not. Go on, really run that experiment, then you’ll know for sure.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 6 days ago
“Your claim is only valid if you first run this elaborate, long-term experiment that I came up with.”
The world isn’t binary. When someone says less moderation, they don’t mean no moderation. Framing it as all-or-nothing just misrepresents their view to make it easier for you to argue against. CSAM is illegal, so it’s always going to be against the rules - that’s not up to Google and is therefore a moot point.
As for other content you ideologically oppose, that’s your issue. As long as it’s not advocating violence or breaking the law, I don’t see why they’d be obligated to remove it. You’re free to think they should - but it’s their platform, not yours. If they want to allow that kind of content, they’re allowed to. If you don’t like it, don’t go there.