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Posted on: October 31, 2022 at 15:09:34 CT

TigerNuts KC

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And it was just fine until it reached critical mass. There is no going back, now. Any unmoderated platform of any substantial size now quickly devolves into echo-chamber conspiracy theories and racism.

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It will be interesting to see if this gets much traction. - tgr MU

- 10/31 14:22:53

He should do a search engine and start web hosting too - zoomer 99 - 10/31 14:35:10

A program that evaluates song patterns to make sure there's - dangertim MU

- 10/31 15:48:26

It would have to make sure there are. - colonel angus beef KC - 10/31 17:49:05

We had an open Internet in the 90s - TigerNuts KC - 10/31 15:09:34

i agree with your conspiracy theory related to unmoderated - phrejd MU - 10/31 17:01:20

Let it devolve - zoomer 99 - 10/31 15:29:52

Why not have BOTH, and people could go where they choose. - tigerdb MU - 10/31 15:42:00

Soon to be Twitter moderated vs Twitter unmoderated - zoomer 99 - 10/31 15:46:20

So how does unmoderated work as far as advertisers? - tgr MU

- 10/31 15:53:03

"unmoderated" isn't happening - zoomer 99 - 10/31 15:59:07

"even-handed" - TigerNuts KC - 10/31 16:23:03

Sounds like the poly board... - tigerdb MU - 10/31 18:08:33

They people who say they care just say it because - colonel angus beef KC - 10/31 17:50:13

Dunno, it'll be a new experiment we've never seen - zoomer 99 - 10/31 16:46:41

These are all private businesses, I'm not really sure what - TigerNuts KC - 10/31 20:50:20

Never seen? - tigerdb MU - 10/31 17:51:26

One thing I've noticed is that pretty every time there is - tgr MU

- 10/31 16:29:45

while I agree there is a such thing as the - TigerNuts KC - 10/31 16:35:09

Sorry. I just assumed when you constantly said - tgr MU

- 10/31 16:06:30

Ok, apology accepted - zoomer 99 - 10/31 16:08:42

We need to decide to PAY for some of these services - cooter MU

- 10/31 15:55:56

Unfortunately there is just way too much money in the - tgr MU

- 10/31 16:25:01

The only reason Apple can get away with that is that they - TigerNuts KC - 10/31 16:26:21

This is a viable path, as well. - TigerNuts KC - 10/31 16:18:49

Bingo. (nm) - cooter MU

- 10/31 17:21:28

RE: So how does unmoderated work as far as advertisers? - Rabbit Test MU - 10/31 15:54:22

Information and thought is dangerous, man. - Newcatbirdseat MU - 10/31 15:38:29

Every site of any size will turn into 4chan - TigerNuts KC - 10/31 15:36:03

How would they make money? - tgr MU

- 10/31 15:05:40

Exactly...this recent push for unmoderated content on the - TigerNuts KC - 10/31 15:22:34

Then they can advertise to the 10% in their bubble - zoomer 99 - 10/31 15:15:21

I think you are far over-estimating the number of people who - tgr MU

- 10/31 15:35:24

Probably, but your examples don't support failure - zoomer 99 - 10/31 15:45:08

Most people on twitter just want to use slurs - mizzouSECedes STL - 10/31 15:41:57