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Linked – Why It’s Virtually Impossible to Moderate Social Media Sites

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

I’m sure at some point, Elon Musk thought for sure that he could buy Twitter and do a better job of content moderation. I’m sure most of us have had a similar thought. We just didn’t have $44 billion lying around.

He did, and now he gets to realize something the rest of us should know by now. There’s no easy way to do it.

“t feels like far too often we see news that some egregious offense or another was committed on one or the other social media site, including illegal posts or the live streaming of violent content. It can be easy to wonder how, in this technologically advanced age, such things can slip through the cracks.

But, the fact is, it’s virtually impossible to moderate social media sites effectively. Why? There are a few reasons.”

Read the gory details below:

https://www.makeuseof.com/why-impossible-to-moderate-social-media/

Also, see this – Welcome to hell, Elon

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