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  • Blog post, Mr. Dorsey

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 16 20:36:41 2022
    There's a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles. Here's my
    take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified.

    I'll start with the principles I've come to believe...based on
    everything I've learned and experienced through my past actions as a
    Twitter co-founder and lead:

    Social media must be resilient to corporate and government
    control.
    Only the original author may remove content they produce.
    Moderation is best implemented by algorithmic choice.


    https://www.getrevue.co/profile/jackjack/issues/a-native-internet-protocol-for-social-media-1503112

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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Dec 17 14:55:11 2022
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    There's a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles. Here's my
    take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified.

    I'll start with the principles I've come to believe...based on
    everything I've learned and experienced through my past actions as a
    Twitter co-founder and lead:

    "The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools for
    us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves."

    Sounds like Usenet killfiles. Which manifestly don't work.

    Theo

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk on Sat Dec 17 10:24:28 2022
    On 17 Dec 2022 14:55:11 +0000 (GMT), Theo
    <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

    "The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools for
    us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people >using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves."

    Sounds like Usenet killfiles. Which manifestly don't work.

    I have a Twitter account, but I am not familiar with using it; very
    few posts awhile back. I concluded there are account holders who
    don't read or seldom read thru replies to their posts.

    building tools for the people using Twitter
    to easily manage it for themselves

    I assume a means to evaluate a bad actor. For instance, a person
    touches a "reporting this person" symbol/icon, and up comes a menu
    which lists various conditions this person might have violated. Then,
    the post goes to a moderator after this checklist has a valid check.

    Regardless, using AI and a person based reporting would be better.
    Moreover, AI could be used to screen/inspect the offending post before
    it reaches a moderator. [If a person keeps on reporting others
    falsely, then their account is suspended for 7 days.]

    IIRC, by law, a site must make a good faith effort in cleaning up the
    "trash." Otherwise, they may get sued (if only you had removed the
    trash argument). Thus, some type of house cleaning must exist, or
    risk getting your butt sued.

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