I wish that was true, about the automatic blurring. First time opening the Android app, looking at contacts of one of my few contacts and blamo - some dudes profile pic is a pic of his junk. Like, WTF. Assclown.
I seem to remember from their terms of service that although nudity was not forbidden in private ask-to-join groups, placing it in profile pictures or any unrestricted place was explicitly forbidden.
I also witnessed an account being taken down in a couple of hours because of posting inappropriate pictures in a public group chat.
Perhaps they don’t have the budget for AI to pre-screen pictures as FB or G+ but, if this motive is true, I see no major reason for concern.
Any social media platform has to deal with these issues and individuals, and the more that the mainstream platforms push them out the more they will gravitate to these alternative sites.
Before G+ announced its sunset, most of the migrants were the right-wing freedom-of-speech extremists. It is no surprise then that any semi-viable alternative platform would be saturated with them. They had to cater to that market.
Edgar Brown I can confirm I read something recently too. Not sure about original guidelines, but, at members' requests, they warned they would crack down on too revealing pics.
Important question: How does MeWe's business model work?
If it isn't convincing, there are few possible scenarios:
They will be swallowed by some other company. Things might change.
They will go bankrupt and everything will be gone.
They will start charging a fee.
I think the other options are far better, especially if many people join and help improving them. Open source and self hosting is safer in the long run.
Holger Jakobs they already charge a fee for some of the features and free storage is somewhat limited. I believe that annual costs per user on most social platforms is already less than $1/yr, so it does not take much to have a sustainable ratio of free accounts. And, if push comes to shove, most users would see no problems with paying a couple dollars per year.
But yes, a portable social identity that can freely move across platforms seems to be the wave of the future. But we are not there yet.
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ReplyDeleteI wish that was true, about the automatic blurring. First time opening the Android app, looking at contacts of one of my few contacts and blamo - some dudes profile pic is a pic of his junk.
ReplyDeleteLike, WTF. Assclown.
I seem to remember from their terms of service that although nudity was not forbidden in private ask-to-join groups, placing it in profile pictures or any unrestricted place was explicitly forbidden.
ReplyDeleteI also witnessed an account being taken down in a couple of hours because of posting inappropriate pictures in a public group chat.
Perhaps they don’t have the budget for AI to pre-screen pictures as FB or G+ but, if this motive is true, I see no major reason for concern.
Any social media platform has to deal with these issues and individuals, and the more that the mainstream platforms push them out the more they will gravitate to these alternative sites.
Before G+ announced its sunset, most of the migrants were the right-wing freedom-of-speech extremists. It is no surprise then that any semi-viable alternative platform would be saturated with them. They had to cater to that market.
Edgar Brown I can confirm I read something recently too.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about original guidelines, but, at members' requests, they warned they would crack down on too revealing pics.
Important question: How does MeWe's business model work?
ReplyDeleteIf it isn't convincing, there are few possible scenarios:
They will be swallowed by some other company. Things might change.
They will go bankrupt and everything will be gone.
They will start charging a fee.
I think the other options are far better, especially if many people join and help improving them. Open source and self hosting is safer in the long run.
Holger Jakobs they already charge a fee for some of the features and free storage is somewhat limited. I believe that annual costs per user on most social platforms is already less than $1/yr, so it does not take much to have a sustainable ratio of free accounts. And, if push comes to shove, most users would see no problems with paying a couple dollars per year.
ReplyDeleteBut yes, a portable social identity that can freely move across platforms seems to be the wave of the future. But we are not there yet.