Bard spotting on Bluesky 10 January 2025

rahaeli (@rahaeli.bsky.social):

Oh god SAY IT TWICE

Dave Willner (@dwillner.bsky.social):

First: Meta will not try to proactively detect "lesser" violations, instead relying on user reports. It is unclear (probably intentionally) exactly what this includes, but it definitely includes hate speech. Unfortunately, user reports are crap, have always been crap, and will always be crap.🧵 2/11

rahaeli (@rahaeli.bsky.social):

(And here's why: bsky.app/profile/dwil... )

Dave Willner (@dwillner.bsky.social):

There are two reasons user reports are crap. Users report emotionally, not rationally, so reports are very noisy. Users also don't report bad stuff they like. So reports are both over and under inclusive. This is widely known in the industry, and undoubtedly known by Meta. 🧵 3/11

Tony Wong (@thevballdude.bsky.social):

Since users don't report bad stuff they like, can this be used to measure the popularity of a policy/rule? i.e. if users aren't reporting violations of a particular rule, then the rule is unpopular, and perhaps we can reevaluate whether that rule is necessary in the first place.

rahaeli (@rahaeli.bsky.social):

Misunderstanding of "bad stuff they like". Dave is talking about "nobody reports dozing and SWATTing/death threats against the people they dislike but they sure do report anything that uses even slightly violent language directed at them"

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

SHOW MORE