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comment by Devac
Devac  ·  400 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: October 18, 2023

You're probably right, especially since I haven't been to facebook in years and tiktok ever, but there are places like tildes and other curated communities that allow users to moderate by flagging content. I've been a sporadic user there for about two years, and 1) removing any total karma score reduced clout-chasing, 2) having the option to flag something as joke, malice, exemplary, off-topic or 'noise' has really reduced the need for people to engage with nothing but angry ass-blasting, 3) abusive users and persistent trolls do get banned. Not ideal, kinda too big to get a sense of individual people as people, but pretty good. I also wouldn't mind that kind of culture back when I joined Hubski, 'cause jesus christ, this place bordered on unbearable until I blocked a whole buncha cunts.