I think it could be also the UI issue, not just the moderation.
Discord has a pretty poor threading functionality IMO. Just a one-level reply makes it more like a radio communication channel, where you have to keep saying "over", and it gets messy pretty quickly with more people trying to talk.
I think Slack is much more versatile and better suited for both conversations, and broadcasting.
I agree that it's a UI issue, although I'm very interested in the difference here between slack and discord. Can you elaborate on that?
Slack collapses threads similarly as Reddit. And further responses in the threads get displayed to (and notify) only the people in the thread.
Discord - every further response gets posted as "quoted noted" in the main channel.
Slack has an opt in checkmark to repost the thread response at 1st level note "to all", but it doesn't spam everyone by default.
I also prefer slack over reddit that when I click to "open the thread", it rolls up the whole thread, not just it's chunks.
On the other hand, on reddit, I prefer the unlimited, and clearly visualized nesting/forting. So that people can dive into independent rabbit holes on invividual pieces of the threads without adding noise to others.
I think Facebook used to do the UI pretty well too. Just sometime recently they added some algo inside the threads which might be little controversial, but it's a cheaper substitute to human moderation.
You see it here too.
I almost exclusively have conversations with people who use clients optimized for deep threads: Coracle, noStrudel, Amethyst, ...
Twitter-clones don't do that well and incentivize way more "space dominating behavior" 👉 engagement farming at the OP level.
Good design doesn't need everyone to bluntly repost replies fOr ViSiBiLiTy.
If the whole discussion is already targeted at an appropriate audience (for example a Community Relay), you can use other UI's than an OP feed to surface valuable conversations about the common interest of that Community.
There's no problem with re-targeting a publication to a new group of people that is probably interested in it. There are simply better tools for that job. (sharing in chat/community/group, tagging specific profiles, embedding in another publication...)
Yeah, but most people seem to be using Twitter-clones and sticking to the "main feed".
I've been doing less "bumping to main" and that means there's only the same 10 people, or so, to talk to. It's not as isolating as long-form, but similar.
Most people never look at threads. I have threads that go on for days. Clearly not cut-out for social media. 😂
Nostr = Choosing the apps that match your needs.
If you're looking for conversations, use the right apps for it.
I'm not here to make up for the poor choices of others. I'm here to offer more choices.
And to talk about it, way deep down here 😉 .
