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I don’t see it as getting rid of moderation, I see it as unbundling moderation from the network. Like why can’t I use Twitter or Facebook but select from a wide variety of moderation overlays.

If I don’t like Trump or anti-vaxx stuff, I can pick a moderation service that bans that content. And vice versa if that’s my cup of tea. Nobody has to see stuff they don’t enjoy, but you’re not censoring the people who do like that content.

Like the network focus on being the network possible in a way that’s agnostic to the content layer. Then give people freedom of choice to pick what suits them best.

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We need less echo-chambers, not more

If you don’t like Trump or anti-vaxx stuff, how about you just ignore it?

Muting it altogether can only make things worse as it will confine you in your "safe" but out of touch personal reality.

This to me is the biggest issue in the recent censorship efforts across all big social media platforms.

Algorithms pick up on what you engage with and what you ignore. Echo chambers are almost inevitable whether you're actively pushing something away from your feed or scrolling right on by.

>Muting it altogether can only make things worse as it will confine you in your "safe" but out of touch personal reality.

How do you get to that conclusion? If you're one to believe one way or another so decidedly that you will no longer listen to reason and fact, you're not going to blindly come across some post on social that makes you suddenly question everything. In fact, you'll probably become incensed with how there are suddenly things that conflict with what you believe instead of being force fed from social's algos. You'll probably assume there is a conspiracy out to get you to look at stuff you don't want to see instead of a firehose of like minded content.

>you're not going to blindly come across some post on social that makes you suddenly question everything

Deprogramming takes a long time, it doesn't happen all at once or with a eureka moment. Political discourse and the nature of politics is programming at its core. How else can we explain decades and decades of broken promises and total deferment to the lobbyists and highest bidders?

>How else can we explain decades and decades of broken promises and total deferment to the lobbyists and highest bidders?

You just said it. Money.

Muting is ignoring. The people out of touch with reality are those posting the anti vaxx trump is Jesus propaganda. Do I have to let everyone lacking basic critical thinking skills into my feed? It's not about being "safe", it's that I don't have time to continually see disproven BS.

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