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DeathNerd Killer @daphnek.bsky.social · Jul 21

@yoyoel.com at TrustCon making the key point that big platforms can weather storms and absorb blows (litigation, regulatory churn) that kill their smaller rivals.

The legal threat may look the same to an array of platforms, but the real question is who can survive it.

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Jun 4

The operating mantra is, “Yes, and… you’re banned”

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · May 13

This is an extraordinary and courageous piece of writing that wrestles with one of the great challenges of this moment: How do you decide whether to remain a part of broken institutions to try to fix them from within?

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · May 13

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

time.com/7285045/resi...

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

time.com

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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · Mar 26

An article by @samlai.bsky.social @yoyoel.com @noupside.bsky.social @klonick.bsky.social @mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy and @aaron.bsky.team?!?!?!

Basically the Wu-Tang Clan of the fediverse right here...

Well played, @carnegieendowment.org

New Paradigms in Trust and Safety: Navigating Defederation on Decentralized Social Media Platforms

Defederation on decentralized social media offers new possibilities for online governance. Experts consider how it can be used responsibly, in a way that balances speech and safety.

carnegieendowment.org

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Mar 7

Don’t make me snitch tag the menswear guy

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Mar 7

Absolutely not.

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Feb 21

Seems like something we could figure out. :) Will be in touch.

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Feb 11

I was just thinking of doing this! Good to hear it holds up.

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Jan 17

Dare to dream

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Jan 7

Genuinely baffled by the unempirical assertion that Community Notes “works.” Does it? How do Meta know? The best available research is pretty mixed on this point.

And as they go all-in on an unproven concept, will Meta commit to publicly releasing data so people can actually study this?

We are now changing this approach. We will end the current third party fact checking program in the United States and instead begin moving to a Community Notes program. We’ve seen this approach work on X – where they empower their community to decide when posts are potentially misleading and need more context, and people across a diverse range of perspectives decide what sort of context is helpful for other users to see. We think this could be a better way of achieving our original intention of providing people with information about what they’re seeing – and one that’s less prone to bias.

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Ryan J. Gallagher @ryanjgallag.com · Jan 7

Community Notes don't work by themselves. So many things don't get labeled because people don't reach "consensus" on them, which is really what Community Notes optimize for, not factuality

What an utter failure. So disappointing

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · Jan 7

"We're going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes, similar to X, starting in the U.S," Mark Zuckerberg announces

He asserts that "the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S."

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Jan 4

That teaching is prioritized and institutionally incentivized.

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Dec 10

One of the things we all really need from platform T&S teams — honest, authentic, human conversations about the impossible tradeoffs involved in this work — is made effectively impossible by the deranged ways a small number of people treat platform staff when they speak publicly. Ask me how I know.

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · Dec 9

this shit is literally fucking unhinged and it is a perfect example of why every single head of T&S of every single fucking site ever rapidly stops using the site

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Nov 19

Somehow I just KNEW you would understand this

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Nov 19

Oh no, the Signal icon very subtly changed colors and now it’s setting off my “what is weird right now” alarms every time I unlock my phone

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Nov 17

How the email found me

A beheaded man holding his own head, not looking especially thrilled about the whole situation

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Nov 16

How the email found me

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John Sands @iohn.bsky.social · Nov 14

For recent migrants from other corners of the internet who might be wondering what makes Bluesky different (and imho better), I'm resurfacing this terrific conversation from earlier this year between @bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team, @mmasnick.bsky.social, and @yoyoel.com. 🫶

Protocols, Not Platforms: The Promise and Peril of Federated Social Media Networks – Informed 2024

In recent years, federated social media networks have begun to offer an alternative to the platforms that have grown over the last two decades. Three leaders in…

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Nov 12

Reminder for corporate folks: It’s oh-crap-I-haven’t-spent-my-annual-learning-stipend season — and most companies allow you to use your learning budget on newspaper/newsletter subscriptions.

Good opportunity to support (and expand your access to) independent journalism.

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Nov 6

I do not miss the satphone at all

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Nov 6

What a floof!!!

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Nov 6

Election Day timeline cleanse, featuring Toast and Rye

Two black and white corgis sitting on a white and gray rug on top of a dark brown wood floor, in front of a metal and wood bookshelf

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Samantha Lai @samlai.bsky.social · Oct 17

Decentralized social media platforms offer the promise of alternative governance, but remain ill-equipped to address threats to online safety. How can we change that?

Here’s the latest from @yoyoel.com and I:

www.techpolicy.press/online-safet...

Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media | TechPolicy.Press

If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth.

www.techpolicy.press

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Oct 17

If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write @samlai.bsky.social and @yoyoel.com.

Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media | TechPolicy.Press

If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth.

www.techpolicy.press

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · Oct 11

Look at these tiny little penguins!

Two Australian little penguins, a small blue-gray bird with a white belly

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