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by benj111 2548 days ago
What's the line between censoring and "not showing them as widely as other posts"?
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It can be smoothly related with probability of post being undesirable. So if algo thinks it's 50% undesirable simply count it as "half a weight." Or tune this function to be whatever you want. Twitter/etc already makes arbitrary choices about what gets shown.
Not every post gets shown as widely as some do. What's that line? That's where I'd start.
For every mean-spirited hate post that gets promoted, another tweet about knitting is not promoted. Why is censorship only bad if the content is hateful?