Spiderwort@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoDo we need administrators and moderators to manage our conversations for us?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down123
arrow-up1-16arrow-down1message-squareDo we need administrators and moderators to manage our conversations for us?Spiderwort@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareBlameThePeacocklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours agoNo, it’s not obvious that conversations would be controlled by it’s participants when there are hundreds or thousands of participants. It works fine for 5 people, or even 10, but not once it scales beyond a certain point. Just like having a voice call with 5 or 10 people can work, but with 1000 people you have to force mute everyone or it’s going to be a shit show.
minus-squareSpiderwort@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·10 hours agoFor each participant in the conversation, tools to navigate the complexities of the1000 person conversation. Why not? What’s so special about an overarching authority?
No, it’s not obvious that conversations would be controlled by it’s participants when there are hundreds or thousands of participants.
It works fine for 5 people, or even 10, but not once it scales beyond a certain point.
Just like having a voice call with 5 or 10 people can work, but with 1000 people you have to force mute everyone or it’s going to be a shit show.
For each participant in the conversation, tools to navigate the complexities of the1000 person conversation. Why not? What’s so special about an overarching authority?