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  • The_Lemmington_Post@discuss.onlineOPtoLemmy@lemmy.ml•Rethinking Moderation: A Call for Trust Level Systems in the FediverseEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I did read the links, and I still strongly feel that no automated mechanical system of weights and measures can outperform humans when it comes to understanding context.

    But this is not a way to replace humans; it’s just a method to grant users moderation privileges based on their tenure on a platform. Currently, most federated platforms only offer moderator and admin levels of moderation, making setting up an instance tedious due to the time spent managing the report inbox. Automating the assignment of moderation levels would streamline this process, allowing admins to simply adjust the trust level of select users to customize their instance as desired.

  • The_Lemmington_Post@discuss.onlineOPtoFediverse@lemmy.ml•Rethinking Moderation: A Call for Trust Level Systems in the Fediverse
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    1 year ago

    Trust lvls themselves are just Karma plus login/read tracking aka extra steps.

    Trust Levels are acquired by reading posts and spending time on the platform, instead of receiving votes for posting. Therefore, it wouldn’t lead to low-quality content unless you choose to implement it that way.

    The Karma system is used more as a bragging right than to give any sort of moderation privilege to users.

    But in essence is similar, you get useless points with one and moderation privileges with the other.

    If you are actually advocating that the Fediverse use Discourse’s service you have to be out of your mind.

    You are making things up just so you can call me crazy. I’m not advocating anything of the sort.

  • The_Lemmington_Post@discuss.onlineOPtoFediverse@lemmy.world•Rethinking Moderation: A Call for Trust Level Systems in the FediverseEnglish
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    1 year ago

    On a basic level, the idea of certain sandboxing, i.e image and link posting restrictions along with rate limits for new accounts and new instances is probably a good idea.

    If there were any limits for new accounts, I’d prefer if the first level was pretty easy to achieve; otherwise, this is pretty much the same as Reddit, where you need to farm karma in order to participate in the subreddits you like.

    However, I do not think “super users” are a particularly good idea. I see it as preferrable that instances and communities handle their own moderation with the help of user reports - and some simple degree of automation.

    I don’t see anything wrong with users having privileges; what I find concerning is moderators who abuse their power. There should be an appeal process in place to address human bias and penalize moderators who misuse their authority. Removing their privileges could help mitigate issues related to potential troll moderators. Having trust levels can facilitate this process; otherwise, the burden of appeals would always fall on the admin. In my opinion, the admin should not have to moderate if they are unwilling; their role should primarily involve adjusting user trust levels to shape the platform according to their vision.

    An engaged user can already contribute to their community by joining the moderation team, and the mod view has made it significantly easier to have an overview of many smaller communities.

    Even with the ability to enlarge moderation teams, Reddit relies on automod bots too frequently and we are beginning to see that on Lemmy too. I never see that on Discourse.

  • The_Lemmington_Post@discuss.onlineOPtoLemmy@lemmy.ml•Rethinking Moderation: A Call for Trust Level Systems in the FediverseEnglish
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    1 year ago

    A system like this rewards frequent shitposting over slower qualityposting. It is also easily gamed by organized bad faith groups. Imagine if this was Reddit and T_D users just gave each other a high trust score, valuing their contributions over more “organic” posts.

    You are just assuming that this would work similarly to Reddit based on karma. I don’t know why you would assume the worst possible implementation just so you can complain about this. If you had read the links, you would know that shitposting wouldn’t help much because what contributes most to Trust Levels in Discourse is reading posts.