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user-inactivated  ·  4071 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, what's next on the interrnet?

    I think that, in this age of Cracked, HuffPo, QZ, Upworthy and all the rest of the clickbait bullshit, we'll start to see communities that do not let you register by default. That do not let you wander through and post comments like an angry toddler. That are curated for the defense of their existing userbase because they recognize that their existing userbase matters.

Hence just about my favorite article about the internet, ever.





kleinbl00  ·  4071 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He has a point, and Yudikowski is someone who interests me. I think, however, that the efforts put into creating a system that doesn't need as much moderation pay back in spades. Moderation just doesn't scale.

user-inactivated  ·  4071 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Moderation just doesn't scale.

Humans having power over other humans doesn't scale. Unless all of them are as "rational" as Yudkowsky's legions. LessWrong sometimes scares me a bit, but Yudkowsky is such an extraordinary writer that I brave it anyway.