Will there be moderation on steemit content?
Privacy and child protection on steemit - how is this enforced?
Hi,
learning about steemit and using it for some days a lot of questions come to my mind. I'm new to this cryptocurrency world and "blockchain". I am concerned that the current mainly positive and constructive atmosphere can turn to the contrary once the "mainstream masses" arrive at steemit and probably influence the sentiment and atmosphere here then.
I doubt that just "positive selection" of upvoting valuable content will be enough to keep unwanted and illegal content out and to keep steemit a positive and welcoming place.
And if positive content is upvoted, the problematic content won't disappear and can still be found at steemit.
People do not always act rational, sensible, constructive and positive.
How will steemit handle personal attacks and name calling, extreme pornography and violence, violation of personal privacy, internet bullying, racism, hate speech and discrimination?
Which are the functions and features to keep steemit family friendly and safe for children or minors to visit? What if there are discriminating or hateful posts against minorities?
So will there be some kind of moderation like in other discussion forums? How should that work?
My concern is this: If there is a lot of garbage and negative stuff spreading without getting contained, limited or eliminated over time the good people who are interested in constructive discussions and providing quality content will leave. And well-minded and well-intented readers / curators probably as well. And more and more trolls, haters and other negative mindet people will come like flies to a pile of male bovine excrement accelerating the way downhill even more.
Having a free unmoderated virtual world is great for creative people, but negative for positive and constructive people if the trolls and haters are free to run rampant then.
I like the idea of steemit, but I'm concerned.
P.S (Disclaimer: English is not my first language, but I think You got my point)
P.S.S *Do You like beer? *
Well since steemit doesn't host the images they are not liable for hosting illegal content. The worst would be links to illegal content. The question is, is it's steemit's job to remove any weird links, or is it the hoster's responsibility to remove the content. Either way I believe the community is strong enough with positive whales such as @dantheman and @abit that we shall never see those posts surface much further than maybe a glance on the new page. But this cannot be stopped without silencing the voices of new posters. Thank you.
I don't know. It could be kept in check. Maybe something as simple as an ID verification section as an option for steem registration or account validation. This wouldn't be required to become a member or a part of steem in any way, however it could allow active identified users an option to mute unverified users. Their posts are filtered out from your view and their comments show nothing but the name and that the message was removed. I think that would decentivize the reasons for trolling, or filter out the worst of which is often "ooooh I'm anonymous on the Internet and a super bad ass now". If identified, and they just don't care.... At least we don't have to worry about it being illegal as much as there is a liability to report and cooperate when having knowledge of a crime.
I don't see this in any way as trampling anyone's rights. It simply offers what the people are already asking for. I want to know who I am sharing this community with is a real person and not a show designed to elicit sympathy $.
Well, I don't know how these things will affect illegal content, but I can tell you this. Trolls will always find the path of least resistance. If you make a tougher way to login, they will find a way through it. Identification through SMS? They will find a way through it. A troll's determination is not easily measured. If they want to crack a site you just usually want to stay out of their way and not give them the light of day.
Im not saying it wouldn't happen. It just wouldn't be as rampant. If the users of the site were eager to offer up their "credentials". I'm plugging my own post inspired by this conversation.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@clevecross/identity-verification-thoughts
That will be an issue, and a good post addressing it. It will be an interesting development for sure. Now one thing I want to ask you. Some early posts I made presented what I thought was a problem also, I decided that I would try to address the problem with a suggestion to solve it in future posts of mine. Is there something you think finds a good balance?