Do you envisage Social media changing the future of Moderated Forums?

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As topic , Do you envisage Social media changing the future of Moderated Forums?

 

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I wonder if the new member uptake is on a slow decline, because I can't see the generation who grew up with social media at its peak signing up to forums like this in the same numbers as the generations before them and actively participating.

Forums and IRC chatrooms were the cornerstone of the internet when I first got online nearly 20 years ago, they are most certainly a dying breed now.

Pretty much what i was thinking as i can't see a generation that has got used to being unmoderated suddenly being attracted to lots of rules and moderation on bulletin style forums.

 

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The situation will probably get more extreme now that it has been established that new social media platforms aren't allowed unless they're heavily moderated or maybe not allowed at all.

How does that work , worldwide firewall?

 

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Russia slows down Twitter

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56344304

Just noticed this on the BBC.

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Russia botches Twitter throttling, cripples anything with t-dot-co in the name – including Reddit, Microsoft

https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/10/russia_twitter_throttling/

 

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Out of interest does anyone like facebook?

I've never noticed anyone actually stand up for the platform even though it has 3billion users , just hate and negativity?

 

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WhatsApp issued second-largest GDPR fine of €225m

I've not heard of any regular old fashioned style forums getting a GDPR hit unless anyone knows otherwise?

 

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Reddit is pretty much just shouting into the void, which I guess suits certain kinds of people

No conversations happen on there due to the horrible way threads are organized without ordering responses by datetime.

I've never been able to get used to it even with the new layout it drives me nutz.

 

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I'm not going to post the link but Google " facebook AI " and look at the top stories.

 

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58501172

Could a reboot make social media a nicer place?

One of those articles that i found impossible to read as it's so Boring.

 

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Online arguing might actually be funny in the new 3d virtual metaverse that is being worked on.

 

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TikTok says staff in China can access UK and EU user data

The Chinese-owned platform said the policy is "based on a demonstrated need to do their job".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Twitter users jump to Mastodon - but what is it?

The little-known social network's user base has swelled after Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.

www.bbc.co.uk

This is a real hot potato. At the moment all the servers have their own moderation rules, and some have none.

Sounds like a mess.

The original founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, is working on a new network called BlueSky, by the way - and he has said he wants that to be decentralised too.

Twitter 2.