I’ve been thinking about this too in a way that allows for decentralized accountability. Example: a downvote is a really interesting tool - if it was paired with a client that could filter out downvoted replies unless you wanted to see them, that might be helpful. Then what might be even more helpful would be giving people an upvote vs downvote ratio on a profile (including their replies)… almost like a friendliness rating.

Anyway just thinking out loud. nostr:note14vv6dnnjx0uusrvhdl9yp33ft286dgamrz94rrtqsv5uddlz5a5suv2klc

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Let them display their red flags for all to see lol

People will do it out of spite (down vote) and even weapoize it.

It can silence voices that don't deserve it and this is NOSTR.

Technically what I described wouldn’t silence anyone. It would just give the OP the choice of whether or not they want to see downvoted replies. And if someone didn’t like that feature they could use a client who doesn’t implement it like that.

My point is down votes themselves will end up silencing voices that do not deserve it. They can be weapoized by tribal groups.

If you don't like a thing all the power is yours, to block it.

Something like democracy ??? 👀

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Like, say, a social credit score?

Indeed.

There was a black mirror episode about it 🤔

Let’s not do it that way lol

We already have social credit scores, they exist within our immediate circle of contacts and to those further afield and they're how we judge which people we interact with - as usual the only time social credit becomes an issue is when government gets involved. Those fuckers can ruin anything they put their grubby mitts on.

Hahahaha

Reddit shows why this doesn't work. People post what will get up votes (things that agree with the consensus) instead of risking getting down votes by saying what they really mean. It's 100% a mechanism to enforce conformity

Dunno, reddit does a pretty good job at community moderation. It’s why we can do things like add site:reddit.com in google and find useful information.

We’ve got lots of flamewars online, and it’s too easy to get in an argument. Some tools which reduce those and separate people are good. With reddit if you don’t like a subredit’s moderation you can make a new one.

For example, there’s a meth users subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/meth/

And then there are meth users who are upset about the woke rules imposed by the meth users subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/meth/

So they created anti-woke subreddit… i can’t find the link right now… but it exists, you can talk about your meth use without all that being nice to each other stuff.

In Nostr it’s easier because you don’t have to rebuild a community from scratch you can effectively fork a community if you want, taking over followers.

One big problem with subreddits are that the mods are chosen by existing mods or the platform when they don’t want the mods to continue. Ideally there’d be a democratic process by which subreddit members could vote on both mods and policy.

Should be paired with a smart relay that tracks what you like and what you don't like.

Maybe instead of a thumbs down for a downvote, we use the disappointed face / blank stare emoji 😐

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It’s working