An analysis of the debate on public content flagging, exploring the risks of harassment, the need for transparency, and innovative moderation systems that offer a better way forward.
Discover the unseen factors that determine a post's ranking on discussion platforms, from comment-to-vote ratios and user flags to manual moderator boosts.
An analysis of online discussions about the role of the downvote. We explore whether requiring justification for downvotes could improve conversation quality or if alternative systems without downvotes are a better solution.
An analysis of why certain topics gain less visibility on online forums, exploring the roles of platform guidelines, community flagging, user bias, and the debate around what constitutes censorship.
A community debates the ethics and practicalities of AI-generated comments on online forums, exploring detection challenges, current policies, and the future of human-AI interaction.