Appreciation post: A library in Portland had a whole display explaining why certain memes get flagged

I was there last week and they had printouts of six different image macros with notes about which platforms removed them and why, which made me realize most people just get mad without checking the actual community guidelines first. They even had a side-by-side showing the same joke with slightly different text that got left up, proving it's often about specific wording, not the whole idea. Has anyone else seen a public place trying to explain content moderation like that?

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henry5973d agoMost Upvoted

That side-by-side just shows how random the rules are. It proves the guidelines are too vague and get applied differently.

jaken233d ago

Yeah, the guidelines feeling random is the worst part. I just kept asking for specific examples until I understood the pattern they were using.