title:: Is content moderation a dead end? — Benedict Evans url:: https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2021/4/13/is-content-moderation-a-dead-end author: output: tags:: [[%tie]], [[m38]], topic: [[content moderation]] status:: # Notes > moderators, just as the answer to PC security was not virus scanners, but to change the model - to remove whole layers of mechanics that enable abuse. So, for example, Instagram doesn’t have links, and Clubhouse doesn’t have replies, quotes or screenshots. Email newsletters don’t seem to have virality. Some people argue that the problem is ads, or algorithmic feeds (both of which ideas I disagree with pretty strongly - I wrote about newsfeeds here), but this gets at the same underlying point: instead of looking for bad stuff, perhaps we should change the paths that bad stuff can abuse > # Further References # Exported Notes