We're going to need some text embeddable proof that the writer is human in every social media site. Hell every site, people are only going to want to read text written by a human unless they're specifically looking for AI text. Of course you can always generate the text and then embed the proof you're human alongside it, but at LEAST knowing it's not purely a bot would be helpful for social media.
Possible approaches:
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Recording of someone typing the comment
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could AI generate the comment and pay others to type it for you, would at least be harder than just a bot tho
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too annoying for normal users
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Captcha included and visible with comment, type the solution into the comment
- arms race would result using successful comments as training data
Any other ideas? Anyone know of research/projects in this space to look into?
boo
1yr ago
All it takes is a janny who decides he doesn't like naughty words in any context and you'll be shadowbanned here too, there's no protection against redditization.
boo
1yr ago
The block button exists for a reason. If someone feels user X isn't contributing quality comments, they can block them. Or just downvote them if it's less extreme.
For literal spam sure I get it. But "trolls"? Such a subjective reason to open the door to redditry.
I personally will never put effort into anything in a place where I know I'll be banned at the drop of a hat. Why bother? Especially if, like you said, it may be silently hidden from everyone.
And maybe you only ban low quality dumb troll comments to a reasonable standard. But all it takes is you appointing another janny who's slightly less fair about determining who's a troll. Maybe you appoint a janny team that turns out to all be trans, and they start shadowbanning anyone who questions transdeology.
I just don't understand how groups that have been run off of reddit can still be drawn to strong moderation. I'd take a blockable troll over a power hungry moderator I can't do anything about any day of the week.
boo
1yr ago
Why not just ban them? What is so horrible about open and clear moderation?
Why leave reddit only to bring the worst parts of reddit along with you? You could make something better.
This could be true for a lot of things; probably the most optimistic way to view the future of social media. Either we figure out a way to 100% know if a human is writing a post or social media becomes worthless and people stop caring about it as much and start venturing back into the real world more. Win/win
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