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I'm curious what you think of this article:
If no section 230, do you prefer platforms being liable for user content, or some other system?
platforms being liable for content, same as how everything worked circa 1997. Just roll back the clock.
No new laws, just delete old law that didn't work. simple.
basically google should have same rules for publishing defamatory or fucked up content as new york times.
so ugc (user generated content) on commercial platforms becomes a much more scary proposition for big tech that have turned it into an dopamine and hate slot machine.
nostr and usenet should be fine because not commercial platforms. No one to sue, only full metal first amendment rules apply.
facebook and google probably survive by having enormous and costly moderation facilities.
If there were no section 230, I imagine stacker news would have to take on a heavy hand in moderation.
yes it would.
don't worry too much about stcker news having to pay for moderation. section 230 is defended by one of the most powerful and entrenched business lobbies on the planet.
Personally, I hate human moderation.
but you also hate getting 8000 dick pics in your feed.
the problem isn't who is doing the moderation (human or algo or AI).
it's is the moderation any good. and do you have any say in how it works.
with nostr and usenet you have full user agent privileges.
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the problem isn't who is doing the moderation (human or algo or AI).
it's is the moderation any good. and do you have any say in how it works.
Sounds like:
The problem isn't who controls speech.
it's is the control doing what you like.
I don't believe it can be done better than what we've seen. That's why I'm here. Perhaps money can work better at moderation.
I don't expect, however, that courts will note the distinction.
it's not even the control doing what you like. It's you being in control.
Or at least having the option of trying to be in control.
Protocols with clients that reapect the user agent metaphor give you that option. Bitcoin is one such protocol, email is another, and nostr is one as well.
SN is not. I love stacker news but it is what it is: a centralized commercial platform, just like tik tok and facebook.
Last time I looked nostr content discoverability and basic usability was a shit show. That's why I use stacker news more and nostr not much.
I could imagine a future where stacker news is an opinionated nostr client that respects the user agent metaphor but also gives good usability like we currently have.
It's all fantast for now. Chances of s230 repeal anytime soon is nil. But I like to have an optimistic vision and that's mine.
Notice that the techdirt article doesn't even consider the possibility of publishing content without a comemecial platform. I guess nostr / usenet / or publish on a website you own, is such a niche concept it doesn't even deserve a mention in this context.
It's like we have become so dependent on big tech we lost the ability to even imagine alternatives or remember how things worked and people communicated in the living past. 1997 isn'r that long ago. We had internet and everything. (◔_◔)
It's time to recover our imagination.
the ruling didn't go far enough.
repeal section 230 of telecommunications act and watch sanity return to america.