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Is it possible to design a social media app or service that rather than focuses on farming engagement, it tries to promote quality content? (lemmy.world)

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm trying to build such a thing as well, but it always comes down to this. Options:

users self-moderate - they'll work themselves into echo chambers
community moderators - will likely create echo chambers
corporate moderators - motivated by money, so expect ads and probably echo chambers

I think the first is the best option, so I'm looking at algorithmic solutions based on user behavior, but it's likely to end up in the same spot.

[–] taladar 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think you are not seeing the whole scope of the problem. Echo chambers are only one of the problems, lowest common denominator posts are another issue of self-moderation/voting.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's why there needs to be a difference between agree/disagree and relevant/spam. I'm planning to have both, and hopefully people use them to good effect.

[–] taladar 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am not even necessarily talking about relevant/spam. Some content might just naturally lose out because e.g. an interesting mathematical proof has less mass appeal than a cute cat picture even though the former might be higher quality and effort.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 2 days ago

Sure, not all content is relevant to all people. That's why Lemmy organizes things into communities, and self moderation can also differ by community. A good resource on experimental math may not be as good of a resource on cute cat pics.