You were asking if Reddit's new CEO would be able to turn things around. You pointed out the number of users there as a big part of the challenge.
The comment I linked, from Reddit's CEO, shows out that he's considering at least one approach that can use more users to advantage. Of the users that even have an idea something's been going on behind the scenes, most probably wish things were better. That many people wishing things generates a kind of charge that can be directed.
Public moderation logs have a lot of potential to make more users a help not a hindrance. It's a critical part of the theory that's not in practice yet. That's as true about a future Snapzu revision as it is Reddit.
But yeah, do you think that those measures would improve the overall running of the site? let's suppose it does for a second, wouldn't the amount of users (again) be a problem, like the moderation team and the staff working close together and better than ever, but the users pushing in another direction, and resisting the change?
My mistake, sorry. Yes, I strongly believe that what we’re now calling ‘public moderation logs’ is the next step in making systems like Reddit or Snapzu work. It’s an awkward phrase. It’s an artifact of the current Reddit, so it doesn’t convey what is actually meant by principled early advocates like /u/cojoco and the dearly departed /u/go1dfish.
What you’re getting at, I think, is that there’s a break between mods and users at large. The need that open moderation meets is meaningfully erasing that distinction. Dedicated users acting as a check on all-powerful mods, even with features built more as toys than tools, would work well. Like /u/spez is saying lately, it doesn’t have to be easy, it just has to be possible. There are aspects of this we’re not getting into, like the resolution of conflicts about curatorial decisions between mods, and between mods and users, but open moderation can be made practical, and will be an obvious advantage wherever it is implemented.
One of my favorite things about Snapzu is that the code is molten. While Reddit, which used to have a workable search function, is rusting out.
If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.
What do you mean?
You were asking if Reddit's new CEO would be able to turn things around. You pointed out the number of users there as a big part of the challenge.
The comment I linked, from Reddit's CEO, shows out that he's considering at least one approach that can use more users to advantage. Of the users that even have an idea something's been going on behind the scenes, most probably wish things were better. That many people wishing things generates a kind of charge that can be directed.
Public moderation logs have a lot of potential to make more users a help not a hindrance. It's a critical part of the theory that's not in practice yet. That's as true about a future Snapzu revision as it is Reddit.
Oh! I get it now! Sorry, I didn't see you had a link on your post. Was a bit out of context.
actually i asked that xD
But yeah, do you think that those measures would improve the overall running of the site? let's suppose it does for a second, wouldn't the amount of users (again) be a problem, like the moderation team and the staff working close together and better than ever, but the users pushing in another direction, and resisting the change?
My mistake, sorry. Yes, I strongly believe that what we’re now calling ‘public moderation logs’ is the next step in making systems like Reddit or Snapzu work. It’s an awkward phrase. It’s an artifact of the current Reddit, so it doesn’t convey what is actually meant by principled early advocates like /u/cojoco and the dearly departed /u/go1dfish.
What you’re getting at, I think, is that there’s a break between mods and users at large. The need that open moderation meets is meaningfully erasing that distinction. Dedicated users acting as a check on all-powerful mods, even with features built more as toys than tools, would work well. Like /u/spez is saying lately, it doesn’t have to be easy, it just has to be possible. There are aspects of this we’re not getting into, like the resolution of conflicts about curatorial decisions between mods, and between mods and users, but open moderation can be made practical, and will be an obvious advantage wherever it is implemented.
One of my favorite things about Snapzu is that the code is molten. While Reddit, which used to have a workable search function, is rusting out.