I totally concur on with
The idea is to use human moderation flows as a feature to spread federation wider.
and also
If we build in automation then we will have lots of middling quality sites that are borderline useful. A signal to noise issue.
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Less is more is a core of the project. The #geekproblem is the desire to improve the network with better tools.
The scalability issue seems to converge with the way of life: in order to build trust and scale up moderation, you need to meet the people or at least spend quality time with them – and I think this barely comes with online-only encounters, even if online interaction makes it easier to lower prejudice[1]. Certainly the Intermapping session can be a good place to mention this topic since both @pukkamustard and @natacha relate to local-first and collective agency.
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and even there, you certainly can build prejudice on the quality of expression or types of written interaction you happen to have with the person. ↩︎