IMDb make $880k a day + no Moderators?
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holdek01 — 12 years ago(July 03, 2013 03:00 PM)
The DMCA basically prevents operators like this from being held responsible for things users post because there is a reporting mechanism that they can use. Yeah, that mechanism may be completely automated and unsophisticated, but IMDB doesn't have much incentive to change.
The thing is, there's no real competitor to IMDB out there. IMDB is by far the most voluminous and well-known, and most importantly, it was first.
And users update IMDB's content and provide reviews on movies for free.
beep you still have to enter markup manually on these boards, something automated on other boards services offered to operators for free. -
DrakeStraw — 12 years ago(June 20, 2013 10:38 PM)
Utilize the ignore button.
I never do. I do use the [Report Abuse] button. Once you ignore someone you lose continuity of the thread and also can no longer report their abuse. A good strategy with the abuser is to go to his profile and look for other offenses, reporting instances of abuse on boards you don't even go to. Of course that is only for the worst offenders.
Strawman
FYI
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mikeijay — 12 years ago(June 21, 2013 04:03 AM)
There was this little company 12 years ago I forget its name wait it was called Microsoft way before the likes of Facebook and Google that cornered the social market. MSN chat ruled the late 90s early 2000s.
Why did it have to shut down in 2003? Unregulated chat rooms.
As a good business person one is supposed to learn from the experiences and consequences of others. There is only so long one can make money without re-investing it back into the network. Once that tipping point is reached its costs even more money to put it right. -
Willie_B_Hardigan — 12 years ago(June 23, 2013 11:30 AM)
That's not necessarily true. Look at what happened to Stickam. Their site was heavily moderated but guys were still showing their private parts on cam and underage women were flashing people.
No matter what they did, it could not be prevented. And don't get me started with Chatroulette; that site is still a disaster. It won't be long until some girl starts whining that she saw some dude's junk and her parents file a huge lawsuit against them.
So, even if these boards were moderated by actual people, it wouldn't make that much of a difference. People are always going to find the inevitable loophole. -