> I don’t think pg is discouraging others from starting a forum.
He literally wrote "Don't start a forum". Yet, solutions to current problems with social media may be limited by the fact that only a few companies manage the content. PG is not motivated to innovate on social media tools as a builder or an investor.
We need better forums with better moderation tools that enable more users to participate in moderation. It is possible to do within existing forums or a new one, so I would encourage innovation on this rather than discourage it. There are a hundred ways you could empower better communities using things like annotator agreement or automated appeals.
He literally wrote "Don't start a forum". Yet, solutions to current problems with social media may be limited by the fact that only a few companies manage the content. PG is not motivated to innovate on social media tools as a builder or an investor.
We need better forums with better moderation tools that enable more users to participate in moderation. It is possible to do within existing forums or a new one, so I would encourage innovation on this rather than discourage it. There are a hundred ways you could empower better communities using things like annotator agreement or automated appeals.