The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

https://charlottedune.substack.com/p/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet

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brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 270d (2 replies)

It’ll be interesting to see how Discord enshittifies.

It’s the default destination for the niche-interest “cozy web,” and they could go down several paths.

reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 270d

It already has. Any time I boot it up it asks me to sign up for premium this or that.

KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 269d

Obligatory fuck Discord

rain_lover@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 270d (8 replies)
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toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 270d (1 reply)

manual moderation, and there are some moderation bots that can detect spam.

jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 269d

In my imagination, some sort of referral/voucher system might work. A invites B, B invites C. C turns out to suck. Ban C, discredit B heavily and discredit A lightly. Enough discredit and you get banned or can't invite more people.

InevitableWaffles@midwest.social · 3 pts · 269d

Short answer is active moderation and Anubis.

chobeat@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 270d

They don't, but they are uninteresting for now

Novocirab@feddit.org · 3 pts · 270d (3 replies)

Apart from not being that interesting for now, the first line of defence for most is manually-approved sign ups, as far as I can tell.

When the Fediverse grows, I think that weeding out accounts that post slop will be the "easy" part; the hardest part will be to identify the silent bot accounts that do nothing but upvote.

PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social · 1 pts · 270d (2 replies)

I vaguely remember kbin allowing you to see who upvoted a particular post, so it might not be too difficult.

underreacting@literature.cafe · 3 pts · 270d (1 reply)

Tough to differentiate bots that only vote from human lurkers who only vote.

rbos@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 270d

Yeah, you'd need some graph analysis. Bots will all simultaneously upvote certain things, and over time a pattern should emerge.