[kwlug-disc] Trust in Musk.. or go to NextCloud

[Eva B]

Unless a new way of looking at polarization is discovered, any new platform
will be subject to it.

On Fri., Nov. 11, 2022, 2:04 p.m. Eva B, <eva at diyode.com> wrote:

> Yes, I saw that too. It may be too idealistic to execute.
>
> On Fri., Nov. 11, 2022, 1:54 p.m. CrankyOldBugger, <
> crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I do think that you're on to something there, Eva, with community-based
>> fact checking.  But the problems that you'd have to overcome are
>> immeasurable.  Bottom line, I think, is that corrupt people will still find
>> some way to game the system.  For example, if we were able to have
>> everything cross-referenced again Wikipedia (I'm over-simplifying here)
>> then who's to say that a bunch of right-wing nutballs won't overload
>> Wikipedia with their "facts"?  That's just one thought off of the top of my
>> head.
>>
>> But yes, some form of community based fact checking would be great.  But
>> only if we can get it to work right.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 1:48 PM Eva B <eva at diyode.com> wrote:
>>
>>> True
>>> Maybe there could be some sort of indicator of convergence around ideas
>>> that currently exist. They may show tendencies of different platforms. Meta
>>> data of platforms may lead to insights no possible without the analyses.
>>>
>>> On Fri., Nov. 11, 2022, 1:41 p.m. Chris Frey, <cdfrey at foursquare.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 01:31:24PM -0500, Eva B wrote:
>>>> > Hmmmm....
>>>> > I wonder if key words could trigger an encyclopedic database,
>>>> something
>>>> > like wikipedia, not just for reference of community driven
>>>> information, but
>>>> > to show leanings based on the content of the post. Maybe with AI.
>>>>
>>>> An encyclopdeia is still an authority, and while it would be useful
>>>> from the sender's perspective ("Hi! I'm clippy, and I noticed you're
>>>> sending something that is counter-documented in the latest wikipedia.
>>>> Do you have sources?  Are you sure?   Yes/No") it doesn't help from
>>>> the reader's perspective, who may be looking for answers to questions
>>>> that currenly have no official answers.
>>>>
>>>> I.e. Galileo would not have been helped by old twitter fact checking.
>>>>
>>>> - Chris
>>>>
>>>>
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