You still need a way to remove spam and illegal content, which is hard to automate. But if a moderator's job was only to do that, at least it would be easy to spot those who abuse their power. Problem is that you still need an Admin to moderate moderators. Turtles all the way down or cronyism all the way up, I don't know any viable solution to this problem.
Hmm..would the report spam be enough to report illegal content to a small number of global mods?
Like if something gets flagged 1000 times an hour... Then you know its serious
As the website grows, that would be a necessary feature, yes. But I still don't like the idea of having a small number of mods. Unless, maybe, if you apply the same flagging system to mods so the users can report them if they delete legal content. You still need an god-like admin though, and when you see how the current Voat admins don't give a shit about /u/she and other SJWs... it's worrisome.
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England1 ago
This is why you should never have moderators on a free speech website.
bugmenot ago
You still need a way to remove spam and illegal content, which is hard to automate. But if a moderator's job was only to do that, at least it would be easy to spot those who abuse their power. Problem is that you still need an Admin to moderate moderators. Turtles all the way down or cronyism all the way up, I don't know any viable solution to this problem.
England1 ago
Hmm..would the report spam be enough to report illegal content to a small number of global mods? Like if something gets flagged 1000 times an hour... Then you know its serious
bugmenot ago
As the website grows, that would be a necessary feature, yes. But I still don't like the idea of having a small number of mods. Unless, maybe, if you apply the same flagging system to mods so the users can report them if they delete legal content. You still need an god-like admin though, and when you see how the current Voat admins don't give a shit about /u/she and other SJWs... it's worrisome.
England1 ago
Hmm..' I cant argue.with your.comment at all.. i agree with you 100% on this