Like, an early subset of Twitter users are Something Awful forum goons — the most prominent of whom is Dril — and they love fucking with people. Elizabeth Lopatto, “Elon Musk learns the hard way that being a Twitter troll is way more fun than being a mod” at The Verge Did not think I was going to start my day thinking about the Something …
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Everything in content moderation…
Content moderation is what Twitter makes — it is the thing that defines the user experience. It’s what YouTube makes, it’s what Instagram makes, it’s what TikTok makes. They all try to incentivize good stuff, disincentivize bad stuff, and delete the really bad stuff. From Nilay Patel’s “Welcome to hell, Elon” at The Verge
Cory Doctorow: How to Leave Dying Social Media Platforms
That’s because the Benevolent Dictators can sometimes turn malignant. Some of the policies that Big Tech insists keep its users safe actually endanger those users’ lives. Source: How to Leave Dying Social Media Platforms This is one of the articles that started me on my way to reclaiming a space online just for me.