We're moderating what's always been moderated: stuff that's reported as untrue, unprovable, potentially defamatory, toxic, abusive and trollish. Perhaps more readers are reporting such comments or more readers perhaps are posting these. Suffice it to say, it's a deliberate decision made for good reason, and your post provides no arguments or reasons to do otherwise.
This is a platform they run, they cannot be liable for slander on here. Of course intermediary liability and whatnot, but regardless, their stance is a fair one to take
It's actually very simpl. Fact of the matter is: the ONLY reason LI is being kept running is to be helpful to lawyers, provide a bit of entertainment and community. If you don't agree with those aims and think LI should be a radical experiment in free speech that fights off legal cases for not moderating anonymous comments that have been reported, please seek or start another platform.
Just mark it as trollish or something rather than blocking the comment naa. Let readers get context (meaning reasons for it to be probably not true) as well as get to see the post (just like twitter)
That doesn't work. Borderline trollish comments can get tagged and unpublished. Ones that actively detail a discussion, are hateful, abusive, illegal or have been reported as potentially defamatory, should not be readable anymore at all. What's there to disagree on?
The problem I think is that the rules are not clear to everyone. You dont illustrate those rules with examples, you use vague buzzwords instead of a rule with illustrations and the community that posts here- the real reason that this website even exists today- is telling you they find your decision making unfair or at the very least questionable. Are you a part of this community and will you take that on and respond in good faith? or are you not?
If you are- and you think you have any reasons at all to be accountable to people who keep this website alive- your definition of what is hateful, or abusive. Are you actually upholding the law on free speech or are you enforcing your own law? If enough people report a post does it go away? what is your magic number?
How do you work to ensure your biases are not influencing what you think of as being false, hateful, bigoted etc? What do you do to make sure that youre applying standards consistently across equally placed actors? Why for example can one VC of an NLU be derided here constantly and comments about another one always unpublished? Why insist on sources and facts for the latter but not the former. I do defamation suits- the first guy can take you to court any time he wants for the kind of stuff youve allowed to be posted here. Its a good thing he doesnt want to look petty by threatening legal action.
I dont particularly care about any of it- I'm not on the right, I dont like the VC of the NLU thats often derided here, I dont like hateful or abusive stuff. But if youre gonna try and justify your decision making- you should do it in a good faith manner.
Not to mention that with several new mods having started work, in the absence of specific guidelines, their own standards will reflect on their work and those are likely to differ. Moreover, I doubt that the mods have all made their identity known to Kian either.
1. Keep the concerned post/comments up and running.
2. Let readers give context in the comments section as to whether it is true or not. Meaning, let the platform's users moderate the platform themselves.
3. Twitter is doing it and it works!
4. If it is really hateful or incites violence/self harm, etc., then unpublish it.
Ha, ha.....LI is a platform to eulogize certain groups, law schools, and firms. Anything else is suppressed or ridiculed. through long juvenile discussions.
The hypocrisy from Kian is staggering. All sorts of abuse against the BJP and conservatives is allowed, but anything remotely critical of the liberal elite is censored. Kian even allowed a post from deranged liberals blaming the BJP for the World Cup loss.
Not Kian, but R. … AFAIK Kian is tolerant, it is R who is a left-wing bigot censoring comments against the left. R also censors comments against NLSIU and Jindal. He has some sort of connection with these two institutions.
LI users today: "F you Mod".
If you are- and you think you have any reasons at all to be accountable to people who keep this website alive-
your definition of what is hateful, or abusive. Are you actually upholding the law on free speech or are you enforcing your own law? If enough people report a post does it go away? what is your magic number?
How do you work to ensure your biases are not influencing what you think of as being false, hateful, bigoted etc? What do you do to make sure that youre applying standards consistently across equally placed actors? Why for example can one VC of an NLU be derided here constantly and comments about another one always unpublished? Why insist on sources and facts for the latter but not the former. I do defamation suits- the first guy can take you to court any time he wants for the kind of stuff youve allowed to be posted here. Its a good thing he doesnt want to look petty by threatening legal action.
I dont particularly care about any of it- I'm not on the right, I dont like the VC of the NLU thats often derided here, I dont like hateful or abusive stuff. But if youre gonna try and justify your decision making- you should do it in a good faith manner.
1. Keep the concerned post/comments up and running.
2. Let readers give context in the comments section as to whether it is true or not. Meaning, let the platform's users moderate the platform themselves.
3. Twitter is doing it and it works!
4. If it is really hateful or incites violence/self harm, etc., then unpublish it.
Toh sab sahi hai