It was always complicated. It's very hard to see how sacking 75% of the workforce made it better.
Is there any reason to believe his ground truth problem was rightist libertarian nuts, sexual abusers, trolls and Nazism got shadowbanned and now, he can't escape the "why" part?
Yoel is talking about telling people WHY their content was actioned. Such removal reasons are not categorized according to Twitter's rules, they are stored in free-form text notes. So sure, assigning a rule to each of those would take time.
But it should take zero time to place a "demoted or removed" status on content so that the account owner can see its true status.
It is way too easy to shadowban on social media. Some mods are not only brazen about shadowbanning, they also suggest digital IDs would be a substitute [3].
However, once we move to digital IDs, I doubt shadowbanning will go anywhere. Just like we pay for ads on cable TV, shadowbanning will always be a thing. Don't fall for the line, "we'll stop when X happens."
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrZs-A0ETjY&t=2603s
> “A human can understand and act on them, but if you wanted to provide automated user notice of account status, you need them in some structured format.”
Do GDPR/CCPA-jurisdictioned users have a right to access their Guano notes? Has anyone submitted a "right of access" request for them?
