One difficulty when trying to ban ideas on social networks is that it's the edge cases that matter most, but bans are enforced by low-level employees who don't understand them.
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I've thought enough about this problem that I'm pretty sure there are no obviously good solutions. Ergo if there are solutions at all, they'll be counterintuitive. Two possibilities: Have the users do it. Have smart people do it, aided by staff and software.
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Both of those potential solutions have big drawbacks. That's why I describe them as counterintuitive. But perhaps there are clever ways to overcome them. It's still too early in the evolution of this technology to know what's possible.
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As if on cue, this is the latest thing in my feed:https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973b/status/1338794551666991105 …
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Or just don't do it. Don't ban content that is not illegal.
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What about the possibility of shutting down a service you founded after it’s clear that it’s a dire threat to e.g. democracy, stability of the western world, etc.?
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If you mean Facebook, the problem is that even if you did shut down yours, someone else would start a replacement, and users would flock to it.
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Factor in how demoralizing it is. And how quickly it evolves. It demands humans, but the task itself is inhumane.
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Honestly it's kind of the answer to evaporating service jobs if it didn't risk people's mental health. But also the more people employed doing it, the less strain per individual.
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Run it like America's Got Talent. Every week the least popular person on your social media platform gets voted off.
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Banning ideas seems like a pretty bad idea.
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>Have the users do it It's likely that people will end up banning ideas they detest. >Have smart people do it Smart people often have terrible beliefs. Why would I want people with terrible beliefs to decide what ideas are and are not allowed to be developed?
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