Reupload because I got my mail address wrong in the sheet before. LOL.
Anywho I have a very small income and I kinda desperately need more because I’m saving to move out! And I’d be really excited to do some actual art WORK for once, if You catch my Tokyo Drift.
there’s just no sustainable model for moderation at scale for social media. we really were better off with forums.
i will acknowledge the forums heyday was a time before everyone was On Line with smartphones. You had to go sit down on The Computer or the laptop to use it. Times have changed.
there was simply a smaller chud to moderator ratio back then. and i accept that you cant go back to less people online, but that just demonstrates the issue of scale
forums were small enough that the moderator team were people who knew each other and were accountable for their moderation decisions. they werent unknown people in an offshore content moderation setup. they had an investment in being part of the community and the context to make decisions. plus the lower volume of reports to be able to dedicate time to make a more measured judgement
social networks today have a completely unmanageable chud to moderator ratio. moderators are largely contractors with no connection to the place they’re moderating. and the worst part: social networks prioritize DAUs over everything else. they will go easy on banning chuds because chuds look at ads and the network gets money. who cares if they make other users miserable? they keep coming back!
look how much had to happen to twitter to get people to start leaving. the rot in that place set in YEARS before elon bought the place yet there’s still holders-on.
on a forum, someone breaks the rules they get banned. you get a big fat “USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST” on the post that did them in and i will bet my balls that reprimand did more for keeping the place civil than any “community note” ever has
To the town of Agua Fria Rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him Didn’t have too much to say No one dared to ask his business No one dared to make a slip The stranger there among them Had a big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip
Anonymous
