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  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I feel like this is an underrated idea. Resonates with the whole thing of making a subset of the internet simpler and just like documents, as with the simpler protocols like Gemini etc.

    • Davel23@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      That would still allow links to be posted. Better than allowing image posts, but not a complete solution.

      • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        It prevents concerns about hosting CSAM posted by someone else. A categorical improvement I’d say. But yes, nothing’s perfect.

      • rar@discuss.online
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        10 months ago

        Still better than nothing. Easier for mods of text-only communities to only have text-only posts submitted.

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          10 months ago

          If we then add a few conditions: “no links in the root message” and “OP may not be the first to comment within some unspecified amount of time,” that could make it even easier to limit CSAM.

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        10 months ago

        You’re right. I thought of another idea: use karma to decide who can post links, images and/or videos. 50 general karma for links, 100 for pictures, you get the idea.

        • DaleGribble88@programming.dev
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          10 months ago

          Not an effective solution for a federated service. Just spin up a new instance and give yourself karma. Shoot, there is no centralized service for validating accounts, so just set up 50 alts across 50 instances.