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[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 days ago

Is this referencing something that happened recently? What's the logo on the face? I don't know it.

[-] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The piefed frontend implemented a social credit score

@RedWizard@hexbear.net reviewed the code base here: https://lemmy.ml/post/42415919/23662293

Imo it's very rich because their community is crying about the nonexistent social score in china and then they do this lol

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 days ago

What's even better is there isn't a way to turn if off, only hide it with css

[-] irelephant@anarchist.nexus 4 points 2 days ago

Frontend?

[-] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

You're right it's not just the frontend!

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 days ago

Thanks for clarifying.

At a glance, I don't see a problem. Isn't social media already a system for rating social credit?

I think the problem with social credit scores is when they're mandatory and can limit things like housing access. Filtering posts on opt-in social networks just sounds like a reasonable tool for moderating decentralized platforms.

[-] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

a glance, I don’t see a problem. Isn’t social media already a system for rating social credit?

Yes and no. There's a difference between having a centralized/agglomerated/global score (e.g. karma on Reddit) and having individual posts/comments ranked. The consequences of said centralized ranking being decided in an opaque manner by a reactionary dev.

think the problem with social credit scores is when they’re mandatory and can limit things like housing access.

Yes I agree FICO score is fucked up

Filtering posts on opt-in social networks just sounds like a reasonable tool for moderating decentralized platforms.

So is having a community driven mod team, which is having that power not centralized by a (group) of devs across multiple decentralized instances.

To quote @RiverRock@lemmy.ml:

I mean most cults have voluntary membership too, it doesn’t make the techniques of social control they employ any less harmful

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