Jacob | Five Eye Tea on Nostr: I hate to be the one guy praising Mark Zuckerberg but seeing how many people ...
I hate to be the one guy praising Mark Zuckerberg but seeing how many people complaining about his policy shift on Meta platforms, I'll temporarily be "that guy":
This is a positive development.
Social media should be neutral. I'm not against moderation by any means, but it needs to be minimal. I've had a LOT of experience running and moderating forums when I was younger, and back in those days, the best communities were always the ones that took a light-handed approach to moderation. Why? Because by and large, people can self-moderate. Moderation should only be there to facilitate civil and open discussion, nothing more.
For the past six or seven years, in particular, Facebook has been notorious for censoring people for exercising their first amendment right to have opinions on politicians, doctors, businesses and the system at large.
By no means am I saying that X's moderation is perfect. Not by a LONG shot. But what I will say is that when it comes to misinformation, social networks need to let us be ADULTS. Let us do our own research. Stop playing nanny to us, trying to act as arbiters of truth. That's an incredibly dystopian path to walk. We don't need social media, MSM or cults of so-called "professionals" telling us what to think.
Leaving "fact checking" to the community is right in line with the very basis of the internet: decentralized, open communication available to EVERYONE.
So yes, today, I am applauding Mark Zuckerberg. I still don't like the guy, I still think Facebook and Meta platforms are one of the most egregious examples of the violation of privacy ever devised, but I believe in credit where credit's due. Today, Zuck did the right thing. Today, Zuck made a step in the right direction.
#zuckerberg #meta #facebook #instagram #facts #factchecking #moderation #communitynotes #privacy #freedom #socialmedia
This is a positive development.
Social media should be neutral. I'm not against moderation by any means, but it needs to be minimal. I've had a LOT of experience running and moderating forums when I was younger, and back in those days, the best communities were always the ones that took a light-handed approach to moderation. Why? Because by and large, people can self-moderate. Moderation should only be there to facilitate civil and open discussion, nothing more.
For the past six or seven years, in particular, Facebook has been notorious for censoring people for exercising their first amendment right to have opinions on politicians, doctors, businesses and the system at large.
By no means am I saying that X's moderation is perfect. Not by a LONG shot. But what I will say is that when it comes to misinformation, social networks need to let us be ADULTS. Let us do our own research. Stop playing nanny to us, trying to act as arbiters of truth. That's an incredibly dystopian path to walk. We don't need social media, MSM or cults of so-called "professionals" telling us what to think.
Leaving "fact checking" to the community is right in line with the very basis of the internet: decentralized, open communication available to EVERYONE.
So yes, today, I am applauding Mark Zuckerberg. I still don't like the guy, I still think Facebook and Meta platforms are one of the most egregious examples of the violation of privacy ever devised, but I believe in credit where credit's due. Today, Zuck did the right thing. Today, Zuck made a step in the right direction.
#zuckerberg #meta #facebook #instagram #facts #factchecking #moderation #communitynotes #privacy #freedom #socialmedia