{"text":"@seachanger I dunno. It's tempting to say that Mastodon is too focused on not repeating the mistakes of other social media that they aren't replicating the good things either, while Bluesky is so focused on replicating the experience of other networks that they're repeating a lot of the same mistake too.But that cash issue is not just a cash issue. It's an exploitation issue. As far as I can tell, \"trust and safety\" on other platforms simply cannot be done without mass abuse and exploitation, *even with* millions in VC money to burn. They have such \"good\" moderation by giving impoverished people PTSD every day in exchange for a one dollar wage. The secret isn't an algorithm, it's sweatshops full of people watching children get abused all day long. There is no tried and true solution Mastodon can use here. There is nothing they can learn from other networks. \"Fuck that, we're not doing that here\" is absolutely the best thing that can be learned from how other platforms handle content moderation.Could Mastodon Gmbh do more experimentation to try to find a better solution? Sure. Always. Could other people who think they have a great solution just implement it themselves? Also yes. Several are actively doing that, with varying degrees of success. I kinda prefer that, personally. Especially considering that I have yet to see any solution that is not a centralized system. Mastodon is centralized enough already, but at least we can have multiple centers for multiple tasks instead the entire damn thing under one single company for most users.But it is a Very Fucking Hard Problem.","truncated":false,"created_at":"Mon Nov 18 05:52:01 +0900 2024","in_reply_to_status_id":"7852694","uri":"https:\/\/mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com\/users\/admin\/statuses\/113500242188343793","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":7852695,"in_reply_to_user_id":136510,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"seachanger","geo":null,"user":{"id":20571,"name":"SlightlyCyberpunk","screen_name":"admin","location":null,"description":"Anti-social anarcho-syndicalist slacker, maker, and code monkey. Soldering irons to semicolons and everything in between.Sloperators will be blocked on sight. This code is hand-crafted with love (or at least great annoyance.)","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20571-48-20230127133547.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20571-48-20230127133547.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20571-96-20230127133547.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20571-original-tmp20221108212133.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":0,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Wed Nov 09 06:21:30 +0900 2022","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":58,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com\/@admin","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":0},"statusnet_html":"

@seachanger<\/a> I dunno. It's tempting to say that Mastodon is too focused on not repeating the mistakes of other social media that they aren't replicating the good things either, while Bluesky is so focused on replicating the experience of other networks that they're repeating a lot of the same mistake too.<\/p>

But that cash issue is not just a cash issue. It's an exploitation issue. As far as I can tell, \"trust and safety\" on other platforms simply cannot be done without mass abuse and exploitation, *even with* millions in VC money to burn. They have such \"good\" moderation by giving impoverished people PTSD every day in exchange for a one dollar wage. The secret isn't an algorithm, it's sweatshops full of people watching children get abused all day long. There is no tried and true solution Mastodon can use here. There is nothing they can learn from other networks. \"Fuck that, we're not doing that here\" is absolutely the best thing that can be learned from how other platforms handle content moderation.<\/p>

Could Mastodon Gmbh do more experimentation to try to find a better solution? Sure. Always. Could other people who think they have a great solution just implement it themselves? Also yes. Several are actively doing that, with varying degrees of success. I kinda prefer that, personally. Especially considering that I have yet to see any solution that is not a centralized system. Mastodon is centralized enough already, but at least we can have multiple centers for multiple tasks instead the entire damn thing under one single company for most users.<\/p>

But it is a Very Fucking Hard Problem.<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":4018447,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/7852695","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/alaskan.social\/@seachanger","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/alaskan.social\/users\/seachanger","attentions":[{"id":136510,"screen_name":"seachanger","fullname":"wet forest moon folklorist","profileurl":"https:\/\/alaskan.social\/@seachanger","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/alaskan.social\/users\/seachanger"}],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}