cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52315107
Hrant Dink prominent author was assassinated by a Turkish fascist back on January 14, 2007. Alin Ozinian, another Armenian reporter, wanted to mark the day by sharing his portrait on Instagram. The photo was removed citing “dangerous organisations and individuals” community standard.
And people got mad at meta moving to community notes instead of shadowy truth police.
You think the company doesn’t have the ability to curate the notes allowed by the community or to farm their own? It’s always possible for a site owner to shape the messages on the site, even if it comes to a point of direct database manipulation.
Well, obviously something more open is better, but progress is still progress.