There's a waytokindoflikedegradeanyanyinauthenticlikeBaberthathappensyoursideofitislike, youknow, weput a lotofworkoverthelastdecadeandchangeintomaintaining a certain, likesanctityofthevote.
Um, youknow, thejoke I usuallyuseisthat, umwecan't everyvote, butitdoesn't meanthateveryvotecounts, right?
That's whereit's a lotofscrutinyaroundmakingsurethat, youknow, there's notlike a gamegoingonwhereyouknowit's it's meandmy 50,000 clonesthatareallcomingfromthesamecomputerinthesame I P addressorcountingtowardsthatboatyoucanthinkofitlikethisKindof a tieredsystemforhowwedealwiththecontentappearsonReddit.
Andsoyoudoseethingslike, I thinkthere's a subredditwhereyoucanonlypost a pictureof a cat.
Andifyoupost a pictureof a doglikeyouknow, it's deletedandbandandnobodygoesinthereandscreamsthatthey'rebeingcensoredbecausetheycouldn't postthedogintothecatsubreddit.
I dothinkreaditisaninterestingexperiment, seeinghowthatmuchmorehandsonmoderationkindofactivityworks.
Andthenalso, whenthecommunityreportstheseweirdaccountscomingin, thereis a littlebitmoreoflike, youknow, youas a memberofthatcommunityhave a bettersenseoflikewherethatuncannyvalleyis.
We'relikethecontents, notquiteright.
Thethepersontypingtheaccountlike, youknow, sortofpersontypingthecommentgetsitjust a littlebitwrong.
Theydon't understandcommunity.
Yeah, exactly.
Andsothereislike I dobelievethatreadithas a unique, thatcommunitymoderatedkindofpointofviewfordetectinganythingfromdisinformationtoharassment.
Andherunsthisthingoratleastparticipatesinthisthingcalledthe I DramaLab, which I don't reallyunderstandwhatyouare.
Couldyoupleaseexplainthehighdramalabforme?
Yeah, sure.
So I dramalab, where a groupofinternationalscientistsand, um, wespecializeingetting a under, having a largescale, a verywideandhighlevelview, holisticviewoftheInternetas a whole.
Thatbeingsaid, eventhoughthecommentsseemedtoappearlessinfluential, let's take a momentandtrytoanalyzethem, tounderstandthecumulativeeffectthattheydidhaveontheconversation.
I'm onthephonewithJohnfromtheOxfordInternetInstitute, andhe's beenresearchingmincedinformationonRed, andhe's gonnatalktous a littlebitaboutwhatheseesinthedata.
Soyouhave a reportinRobotrolling, whichisthemagazineNATOStrategicCommunicationsCenterMakesquarterlyaboutonlinedisinformation.
You'vegot a graftdownherethat I washopingyoucouldexplaintous.
There's a sortof a shortspikeinthenumberofidentityattacks, althoughthisdidreturntobaselineafterwardsandthenontheright, wesee a sustainedriseintheleveloftoxicityintheconversation.
So I thinkyouknow, thebroaderthebaseofpeoplewhowerereportingstuffwhotellyouthinkthingslookwrong, themoremorestablewehavegoesbacktowaytoscaleupuserswithmoreuserslike, youknow, wewecaneitherhave a giganticpoliceforcethatonlike a bunchof a equippedcamerasthatwatchiseverybodyatalltimeswhatcouldpossiblygowrong.
KnowingthattrollsappealtoemotionisveryimportantbecausetheyarereallySohere's what I'm gonna D'oh!
Whatif I weretoassumeeveryonewasriel?
Hearmeoutonthis.
Notlike a usernamedinteractwithorcommentinteractwithbutlikeactualpeople.
And I makethatprimary, and I justgoforwardontheInternetasifthey'rereallywhen I'm morekind, moreloving, itseemstobemoretoxictotrolls.
ThinkbacktoJohn's grafts.
If I seesomeonetryingtoreducethecognitivecomplexityof a conversation, I'm goingtoaddnewonceandtrytoexpandtheconversationthat's toxictotrolls.
If I starttoseeidentityattacksinthethread, I'm gonnacallitoutin a nontoxicwaywithkindnessandlove, whichisalsotoxictotrolls.
If I deescalatetherhetoricandtrytomakeitlessaggressiveandlessconfrontational, that's toxictotrolls.
Andplus, thisishow I wanttointeractwithpeopleinreallife.
Read.
Ithas a verydifficultjob.
They'vegotaddmen's mods.
Theyhaveothertoolsinplacetotrytothwartthebadguys.
Butforme, therealbattleiswithme.
Everyinteraction I haveonRedditistheone I candosomethingabout.
And I wanttobe a goodguy, and I wanttovotepeoplethataredoingthesame.
Soif I seeyououttheredecreasingthetoxicityortryingtoexpandtheconversation, you'regonnahavemyvote.
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