Edit: a super smash brothers-like would be fun too. Maybe the page itself could be the platforms.
Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites
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#42Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites
#43I just took a look at the page's own 'town square'. At the moment, it's largely full of people saying offensive things for the sake of it.
After having been a moderator for a number of communities over the years—BBCs in the 90s, niche forums during the 00s & 10s, Reddit boards in the 20s—I’ve come to believe that running shadow services where disruptive individuals can comingle may be the best way to handle this. The advent of LLMs really opens the door to shunting off these “community members “ who’d rather contribute in misanthropic ways for the lulz…
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#44Moderation moderation moderation . It’s a big problem I have similar moderation concerns in my browser game/engine but I only ban offensive slurs not swears, but I give no visual affordance that the word is not allowed The only surface where players see the input content is in a share card, and if they finish a game and get to the share card they will find the offensive word has been REDACTED lol So it’s a long feedb…
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
After having been a moderator for a number of communities over the years—BBCs in the 90s, niche forums during the 00s & 10s, Reddit boards in the 20s—I’ve come to believe that running shadow services where disruptive individuals can comingle may be the best way to handle this. The advent of LLMs really opens the door to shunting off these “community members “ who’d rather contribute in misanthropic ways for the lulz…
But why not kick them out? Why bother with a shadow site for them?
Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
After having been a moderator for a number of communities over the years—BBCs in the 90s, niche forums during the 00s & 10s, Reddit boards in the 20s—I’ve come to believe that running shadow services where disruptive individuals can comingle may be the best way to handle this. The advent of LLMs really opens the door to shunting off these “community members “ who’d rather contribute in misanthropic ways for the lulz…
But why not kick them out? Why bother with a shadow site for them?
Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites
#47I just took a look at the page's own 'town square'. At the moment, it's largely full of people saying offensive things for the sake of it.
Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites
#48Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites
#49Moderation moderation moderation . It’s a big problem I have similar moderation concerns in my browser game/engine but I only ban offensive slurs not swears, but I give no visual affordance that the word is not allowed The only surface where players see the input content is in a share card, and if they finish a game and get to the share card they will find the offensive word has been REDACTED lol So it’s a long feedb…
…or you could just let people talk? People who engage with social features generally do so because they want to talk to other people. That carries some inherent risks.
Being a racist asshole carries some inherent risks too, like people choosing not to let you enter their spaces.
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…or you could just let people talk? People who engage with social features generally do so because they want to talk to other people. That carries some inherent risks.
Nah, drive those horrible people out of social spaces. I want to talk to other people without racist assholes bumbling around. Being a racist asshole carries some inherent risks too, like people choosing not to let you enter their spaces.