Serena Snoad - Good Community

Important read for anyone working in tech, especially gaming

And this is nuanced because they can regulate or influence how the platform manages the search algo, tagging, rules, moderation processes, moderation screening

So when the content gets TO the platform it's within scope. The tool itself is not.

I think. But correct me anyone who's more in the know

Presumably because those tools land outside of the scope of the OSA, being neither a user-to-user or a search service?

Bluesky 2025 Transparency Report - Bluesky | Good Community Bluesky just released their 2025 transparency report, and one detail stood out to me that's surprising in this age of AI-dominated moderation. Like most large scale platforms, they automate labelling...

This is even more important for nonprofit community teams. I share more about this over on LinkedIn:

www.linkedin.com/posts/good-c...

I think every community manager can learn from Bluesky's transparency report. It's readable, and helpful.

The biggest takeaway for me is that they recognise the importance of human moderation for complex and nuanced issues.

Even with AI tools, you still need human oversight.

#communitymanagers

The Rebirth of Eugenics: Tech Bros and Pronatalism - Gene Cuisine: satisfying your appetite for genetic news and information Part 1: The Threads of 20th Century Eugenics Interwoven with Modern Pronatalism Follow this upcoming series of blog posts to track the rise of the pronatalism movement in Silicon Valley, the threads o...

And on the topic of modern fans of eugenics, see below. What could possibly go wrong, folks? /s

blog.geneticsupportfoundation.org/index.php/20...

Sounds like eugenics to me.

Anyone who doesn't know who was a fan of eugenics - look it up. You'll be disappointed, but not surprised.

Two lightly golden pitta style flatbreads on a white plate

I'm loving how easy these two ingredient flatbreads are...

I roll them in a little olive oil and flour and make them in a pitta type shape, cooking with a light drizzle of oil

🍽️🍜

www.easypeasyfoodie.com/easy-2-ingre...

A beautiful tribute. Thank you

'Cause that's where B---- the miniature poodle lives. He's [my dog's] boyfriend...'

A moment later, the dog owner appears, on her phone. Classic gap in the fence scenario.

Yes, my folks are convinced the dog has three 'boyfriends' - a local poodle, yorkie and breed undetermined. Life, eh?

#dogs

It's 4pm (finally it's light at this time in the UK!), and we're 5 minutes into our walk. A woman stops her car and steps out with a dog, holding it by the collar and speaking on her phone with the other hand. A lost dog.

I notice her direction and say, 'no sorry, that dog doesn't live there'. Why?

I know other #dogwalking folks will understand this.

You get to know other dogs, their owners and families, the routes they take and where they probably live.

Your dog forms alliances, has dalliances, or develops beef with other dogs.

Which is why I said something frankly bizarre earlier...

THIS is the direct result of turning away from reliable health information and promoting misinformation, myths, and worse.

It's a shame that the US (and other parts of the world like parts of the UK) are giving us a tangible and deadly example of the damage misinformation does.

Delicious punwork

If the substance of the product and evidence backs up these claims and the product is accessible, this is potentially very good news for a lot of UGC platforms and community managers

But we do need better education in digital literacy. The irony being that they're unlikely to listen to 'the younger generation'.

Expect more fun news stories like this in the future, and more misinformation coming your way from older people you're connected to online...

3/3

Additional research shows that the over-60s are at increased risk of failing to detect misinformation, disinformation, scams and fake content.

We don't see any calls to ban them from social media, because it wouldn't help anyone.

2/3

Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.

A white, British, older man has been arrested by counter-terrorism police after risking the lives of others in an explosion.

Further reporting shows he was influenced (arguably radicalised) by misinformation online.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Volunteers wanted to to live on Skomer Island and count puffins Successful applicants will spend several months helping conservation efforts on Skomer Island.

Want to get away from it all and count penguins? Wales has got an opportunity for you...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.

But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.

Strong Boaty McBoatface energy here. Nice.

This is all basic UGC functionality that forums (even relics from the 90s like vBulletin) have

Reminds me a lot of the second male lead who collects typewriters in You've Got Mail

An early example of the unaware repellent pseud

Did the boulder have grandiose ambitions?
Did the writer have a misplaced sense of perspective?
Did the boulder lose mass from the beginning of the sentence to the end?

We could go on

The people united will never be defeated

This also looks like an awkward mid age across the divides human interest story...

Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.

That's terrible but unsurprising, isn't it

I'm sure psychiatrists and mental health organisations are going to have things to say about THAT assumption

As well as high-profile mental health campaigners like Sir Stephen Fry...

Today is Community Manager Appreciation Day.
I see you and I appreciate you.

And I've been there - I know that this appreciation matters.

This year's CMAD meme needs a little Jon Hamm euphoria...

#CMAD #CommunityManagerAppreciationDay

Our heroine returns to find ML sitting in the dark, all in black

Another decent speech for our ML, as he presents her with ring number 3

What will she say?

And will we see her suitcase make a final appearance?