whats the difference between mastodon and say the longroom(rip)? From what I remember Long room didn't have any outside moderators (like the comments section does)
was it the sheer amount of content, or just that it was outside the sphere of support (both legal and technical) to be useful?
The Long Room was difficult for other reasons. Everything there was on FT webspace and was built by FT people, but with strictly limited access, so the compliance folks were comfortable. Moderation was light but within our control. Risks were known, therefore manageable. The eventual decision to kill LR was taken largely in the hope that we could replace it with something better. That's a work in progress.
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whats the difference between mastodon and say the longroom(rip)? From what I remember Long room didn't have any outside moderators (like the comments section does)
was it the sheer amount of content, or just that it was outside the sphere of support (both legal and technical) to be useful?
The Long Room was difficult for other reasons. Everything there was on FT webspace and was built by FT people, but with strictly limited access, so the compliance folks were comfortable. Moderation was light but within our control. Risks were known, therefore manageable. The eventual decision to kill LR was taken largely in the hope that we could replace it with something better. That's a work in progress.