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‘Harmful’ content should not be promoted via social media algorithms, peers say
(www.nationalworld.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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Who is in charge of what's deemed "harmful"? How do they decide? Who put them in charge?
There is no good answer to this question, because everyone has their own scale of what they consider harmful.
I think this is a fundamental problem with centralized social media a la Reddit, Twitter, Threads, etc. You're forcing countless different communities with different values and beliefs to share a common space, moderated by people with their own set of values. Of course there will be friction and problems. No matter what you do, there will be groups that feel like they're being censored, and other groups that feel like they're being attacked.