said (9mo ago #1269 ):
Welcome to Sofie Channel. Curated anonymous discussion about life and philosophy.
I've been working on a little something in the background for the past year, and more earnestly for the past few months. It's a new social media platform designed to curate a high quality discourse community about whatever topics are important to us.
"Launch early and often" they say, so don't expect a fully polished new world order, but I dare say it works for basic posting. There's a lot left before it's really ready for primetime, but it's strong enough now to invite a few more early adopters.
The basic concept is that sofiechan is moderated by what you might call a "bayesian reputation market"; the system interprets your votes and interactions as evidence of taste and quality, and curates the best threads and posters.
Sofiechan is unapologetically monarchist. The crowdsourcing is not intended to reflect "the will of the people". My bet is that we will get a better experience by combining crowdsourcing with the careful judgement and vision of a single good moderator.
Sofiechan is anonymous so that we can have frank conversations about important topics without exposing our public reputations to third party social censure, and explore ideas that aren't entirely our own. You are accountable to the algorithm, not "the public".
Eventually, I want sofiechan to cover a great many topics, and be a space where different communities can curate their own little walled gardens. But for now it's a single board focused mostly on our interests in life and philosophy. ("Sofie" as in "philo sophia")
If you've been around for a while, now is the time to share sofiechan with your most curious friends. If you're new, welcome and please make yourself at home.
All I ask at this point as we grow and test it out is that you all try to stay polite and interact in good faith, cooperate with administrator requests, and be patient if we break anything.
Today is launch day. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the concept and where we should take it from here.
"Launch early and often" they say, so don't expect a fully polished new world order, but I dare say it works for basic posting. There's a lot left before it's really ready for primetime, but it's strong enough now to invite a few more early adopters.
The basic concept is that sofiechan is moderated by what you might call a "bayesian reputation market"; the system interprets your votes and interactions as evidence of taste and quality, and curates the best threads and posters.
Sofiechan is unapologetically monarchist. The crowdsourcing is not intended to reflect "the will of the people". My bet is that we will get a better experience by combining crowdsourcing with the careful judgement and vision of a single good moderator.
Sofiechan is anonymous so that we can have frank conversations about important topics without exposing our public reputations to third party social censure, and explore ideas that aren't entirely our own. You are accountable to the algorithm, not "the public".
Eventually, I want sofiechan to cover a great many topics, and be a space where different communities can curate their own little walled gardens. But for now it's a single board focused mostly on our interests in life and philosophy. ("Sofie" as in "philo sophia")
If you've been around for a while, now is the time to share sofiechan with your most curious friends. If you're new, welcome and please make yourself at home.
All I ask at this point as we grow and test it out is that you all try to stay polite and interact in good faith, cooperate with administrator requests, and be patient if we break anything.
Today is launch day. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the concept and where we should take it from here.
