Why am I modding Twitter, for free?

Quantum Erasure

So I signed up to twitter Community Notes team there a couple weeks ago, and now any post in my feed that has a pending note on it asks me to rate it, and you click in and there could be four or five competing notes to consider, and verify (if you want), and maybe the same amount of notes arguing that a note isn't needed at all...

There's some drama in it and it's great craic, but I'm thinking to myself "I could be doing this, or something similar, on boards, also for free..."

One eyed Jack

LinkedIn have introduced something similar and it’s simply to drive engagement on the platform. It’s the “Ask An Expert” thing where people are invited to answer questions. I’ve no idea how to stop it or block it or turn off the notifications because it’s just incredibly annoying.

If anyone knows how to stop it that’d be great 😂

dxhound2005

I haven't seen the Mouth Breathers mentioned on Boards for a few years.

DialecticAspirations

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058343264/why-am-i-modding-twitter-for-free

My understanding of Community Notes is that it's an improved version of what Wikipedia does to verify/curate information.

Wikipedia's obvious flaw is the bias among it's moderators, leading to obviously bias political pages (especially biographies). For non political information it remains a fantastic resource, though.

Community Notes tries to fix this bias issue by having a variety of political beliefs amongst the moderators, and a kind of voting system when it comes to verifying/contradicting information posted.

You'd obviously know more than I, since you're actually involved it, but judging by the posts in this thread, a lot of people don't actually know what it is. (I hope. Perhaps they do and they just don't agree with removing bias.)

Padre_Pio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121933773#Comment_121933773

Sooo.. making it worse..

Paterson Jerins

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122140293#Comment_122140293

Admits to trolling on twitter. But never does that on boards, apparently???

And this poster says they are online 90mins a day and makes €150k.

wum

Kat1170

Elon ???

Great guy, convinced me to close my Twatter account and I actually don't miss it at all.

ancapailldorcha

I've no idea why someone would work for such a vile, hateful man as Musk for free. If you enjoy it, go for it. I think the place is too much of a cesspit to lift a finger helping to maintain it.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122145931#Comment_122145931

It'll get replaced by Truth Social or another incel cesspit. Twitter or something identical is here to stay.

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122145720#Comment_122145720

It's hardly 'working for musk', it's a bit of craic like a private forum where you can up vote or down vote stuff like...

Or

I don't particularly write notes myself, but any post with a potential note attached is visible to me and I can click in and see what's being said

Quantum Erasure

🥔🔄📡

Quantum Erasure

🐸🐷

banie01

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058343264/why-am-i-modding-twitter-for-free

I get asked to do it in English & Spanish, damned bilingualism has me in demand and sure being retired? It gives me something to do 🧐

hoodie6029

This all back to then not being responsible for the content on their platform clause that means they’re not publisher. If they employ people as gate keepers or editors of what is on the site, they are liable for anything posted.
This free community notes way, they avoid liability, cost and keep people coming to the site.

Jack Daw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122145720#Comment_122145720

I have no idea why someone would be a moderator on boards and work for free .If you enjoy it , go for it.I think Boards is too much of a cesspit to lift a finger helping maintain it.

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122606490#Comment_122606490

The motoring forum had lost all its mods bar one. Zombie threads and personal abuse, while not rampant, are not dealt with quickly anymore or just ignored.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122605134#Comment_122605134

What's it like, being bilingual? Out of curiosity?

banie01

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122610949#Comment_122610949

It's great for broader based views on the world. My Spanish reading and aural comprehension is v.good but I have an awful accent still when speaking it. Mainly due to not living there anymore and a lack of use on my part.

I started learning when I moved to Spain in 90's. Spent 4 yrs living there in total and travel back often. I do get tied up sometimes when I have to run through my thoughts in my head in English before I try and get them out in Spanish.

Burt Renaults

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122145931#Comment_122145931

Hopefully Apartheid Clyde will get bored of it and sell it to an adult.

FrancieBrady

Fair play OP, Those Notes can be very useful and revealing.

thereiver

they have to remove some content , they have moderators , you are wrong the law do,es not say if you have no moderators you wo,nt be help responsible for content posted by users .all social media including twitter has staff to deal with the police and government officials who will ask for content to be removed .twiiter has been banned in some countrys for political extremist content posted by users. Since elon took over more extreme incel or political content has been encouraged .most large advertisers have chosen to stop placing ads there .but most actors writers and politicans are still using twitter because it has a global reach and its a good platform to reach a wide audience

ThePentagon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122163600#Comment_122163600

A high point of Community Notes for me:

Quantum Erasure

seeing as they're both Irish, they might be like 12th cousins or something

beachhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122145931#Comment_122145931

Elon will take a while to get thru his billons.But even so they are plenty of richery around around who will sponsor it with hard cash.

Quantum Erasure

Who the hell would try to Community Note a post like that?

...oh right, yeah