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2024-01-25 19:38:49

evan@cosocial.ca

Fediverse admins and mods: do you have a plan for dealing with US Presidential election disinformation in 2024?

#EvanPoll #poll

Strong yes

16 Votes | 18%

Qualified yes

25 Votes | 28%

Qualified no

24 Votes | 27%

Strong no

24 Votes | 27%

89 Votes in total
Poll has ended

show all 7 comments

2024-01-25 19:49:08

william.maggos

wjmaggos@liberal.city

@evan

not a fan of admins/mods shutting down info they just think isn't true. we're all often wrong. I guess if no server becomes too big it might be ok but there is so far a lefty bias here on mainstream fedi and there could be pressure for all servers to fall in line.

2024-01-25 19:59:19

Tejan Ausland

tejan@hubzilla.monster

The easiest way to censor true information is to claim you are censoring disinformation. After all, true information will have facts behind it, and if you label the truth as disinformation, no one will see it. They will only see your propaganda.

2024-01-25 22:07:03

:jan:‍:abreath:🌬️:dandelion:

Crazypedia@pagan.plus

@evan what moderation tools? :blobshrug:

2024-01-26 07:08:29

Nelson

skyfaller@jawns.club

@evan Qualified yes: We plan to moderate accounts and servers that spread disinfo, it's in our CoC. But that's not a very detailed plan, and if we see larger quantities or qualitatively different disinfo than in the past, maybe more planning would be desirable.

I guess adding moderators would be one plan that could help us deal with a larger or more complex threat.

2024-01-26 07:15:33

Sergio

galactus@col.social

@evan Qualified no: small non US-centric instance

2024-01-26 07:32:19

ren (is fairy eyelashes) 🎶

renwillis@mstdn.social

@evan @misc Misinformation about current events already get swirled around here. Fortunately without an algorithm forcing viral junk in my feed, it keeps most stuff pretty contained naturally.

It’s the algorithm-for-profit that rewards the worse behavior. Hopefully we’ll be able to keep a lot of junk out if we work together here.

2024-01-26 08:39:02

Brian Hawthorne

bhawthorne@infosec.exchange

@evan I am not an admin/mod, so I did not vote, but my plan is to report and block promptly. Seems to be working so far.