Twitch CEO Emmett Shear talks about company's approach to content moderation and changes announced at TwitchCon, including new tools for moderators, and more
Bijan Stephen / The Verge : Tweets: @charlesrandall , @anildash , @carnage4life , @docdre , @luckiesharms , @harpersaraha , and @arcticpenguin Tweets: Charles Randall / @charlesrandall : Anyone who has ever been part of a forum community knows how important good moderation is. People want “free speech” to mean anything goes, and that destroys communities. https://twitter.com/... @anildash : So simple, it's a wonder every CEO doesn't get it. “The one with good, strong moderation, in many ways, is actually the place with freer speech.” https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : An important Lesson from Satya's time as CEO of Microsoft is how much credit companies get if CEO comes across as earnest A mass shooting was live streamed on Twitch this month yet coverage here makes them out to be better than FB/GOOG/TWTR at moderation https://www.theverge.com/... Thot Leedur / @docdre : Shear gets it. Freer speech is possible when you limit the impact of trolls and bad actors. that said, there are aspects to Twitch community moderation that might not be possible on lower-bandwidth/more accessible online services and spaces. https://www.theverge.com/... Sharmeen / @luckiesharms : “Transparency is how you build trust.” Thank you @bijanstephen for this great read and thank you @eshear for inspiring and empowering us to do our best work @Twitch. 🙌🏼 https://www.theverge.com/... Sarah Harper / @harpersaraha : .@Twitch is the most popular live-streaming platform in the world, and CEO @eshear is a vocal supporter of content moderation. A community-based platform “with good, strong moderation, in many ways, is actually the place with freer speech.” @verge https://www.theverge.com/... D. Yvette Wohn / @arcticpenguin : (1/4) in light of Zuckerberg's take on free speech just happy that some CEOs like @eshear are taking a strong stance on content moderation. No company will ever be perfect but at least Twitch tries. Admitting you can do better is huge. https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...