DeVliegendeHollander comments on Could auto-generated troll scores reduce Twitter and Facebook harassments? - Less Wrong

0 Post author: Stefan_Schubert 30 April 2015 02:05PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 04 May 2015 10:58:01AM 0 points [-]

This is pretty much the same as existing downvoting systems. People are supposed to use the down arrow as a distributed moderation, not to show disagreement, according to Reddit rules, yet they do it anyway. The same way, the troll button would also devolve into a disagree button.

I should also add, in an ideal world, there would be a way to make a difference between ideas expressed in a hateful tone vs. ideas that are branded hateful even if they are very gently and a friendly way put just because they do not mach "political correctness" norms. Hate can be an actual emotion (discovered by tone) or a judgement set by others.