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Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

#151

I 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.

Within about 300ms I thought “moderation is going to be a problem”.

AI can moderate given specific instructions to prevent anything that can damaged the brand's image.

Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

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post #122

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This suggestion is scarier than the thought someone might say a slur. You're talking about using a machine to detect social undesirables then quarantining them in the matrix.

A slur is rarely the problem. Trolls can (sometimes) add flavor to a community and keep things interesting. Mostly they can be an annoyance. I’m specifically referring to people who have seemingly made it their sole purpose to create as much indiscriminate damage as possible. You can ban them, block routes for them to attempt to Sybil themselves back to having accounts, etc. but even with great moderation tools and s…

If someone is able to get around a ton of banning techniques, they will definitely notice they're shadowbanned.

Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

#153
post #150

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I would be happy to edit but I don't think I yet have the ability. Cheers.

Normally I'd say not to bother, but since your GP post got some interesting replies, I think it's a good idea so I've re-opened it for editing. If you do that, let me know and I'll unflag the post and collapse the moderation bits ;)

Appreciated! It's edited.

Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

#154
post #138

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620564 >> if words had no power, we wouldn’t fight so hard to protect them from government abuse. >People fight hard for all kinds of nonsense. https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonsense

I think you've failed to understand the words in question, rather than them being meaningless

I think you're a troll who should be banned from this site for wasting everyone's time.

Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

#155
post #21

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If your website attracts such elements perhaps there's a reason?

The demo is attracting the HN crowd and it’s getting… well, let’s just say this crowd is about as good as it gets online.

The HN crowd is about as worst as it gets. The people here are really bad.

Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

#156
post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A slur is rarely the problem. Trolls can (sometimes) add flavor to a community and keep things interesting. Mostly they can be an annoyance. I’m specifically referring to people who have seemingly made it their sole purpose to create as much indiscriminate damage as possible. You can ban them, block routes for them to attempt to Sybil themselves back to having accounts, etc. but even with great moderation tools and s…

If someone is able to get around a ton of banning techniques, they will definitely notice they're shadowbanned.

In some cases, I’m sure you are right. That said, the online communities which currently employ shadowban systems continue to use them. That tells me there’s a value greater than their implementation and operation costs.

There is no perfect tech solution to a human problem. But in my opinion, having access to a partial mitigation is better than no mitigation.

Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

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post #140

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This suggestion is scarier than the thought someone might say a slur. You're talking about using a machine to detect social undesirables then quarantining them in the matrix.

Edit: Welcome to Hacker News btw! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618488 looks like a great project and I put it in the second-chance pool (explained at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998309 ). --- Can you please edit out swipes like "Do you hear yourself?". This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html . If you wouldn't mind reviewing the other guidelines too, we'd a…

this comment immediately replying to "You're talking about using a machine to detect social undesirables then quarantining them in the matrix." raises interesting questions about the nature and purpose of dangbot

Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

#158
post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Normally I'd say not to bother, but since your GP post got some interesting replies, I think it's a good idea so I've re-opened it for editing. If you do that, let me know and I'll unflag the post and collapse the moderation bits ;)

Appreciated! It's edited.

Ok, all done. Thanks.

Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

#159

Love it, also love that there's one HN visitor just hanging out typing "dick and balls" over and over again. That's unmoderated anonymous public squares for you

That was dang if I'm not mistaken.

That person is still spamming the service even after 21 hours

Re: Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

#160
post #138

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I think you've failed to understand the words in question, rather than them being meaningless

I think you're a troll who should be banned from this site for wasting everyone's time.

Hm, can't really have engaging discussions with people who just don't understand what's being said. Can't force the information into their brains so we can do that either. Not sure which action you'd like me to take to improve this situation, then.
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