Moderation powers scare me, but I do know that notabug.io , d.tube , and the upcoming HackerNoon 2.0 have this type of feature. Except it is called "curation" (technically, content can't really get deleted, but a curated homepage can certainly exclude content).
The good news is that the founders of all these apps are working towards user-configurable curation, so you could override who/what/how curation happens. I don't like moderation, but opting into a web-of-trust is, I think, an interesting area to explore.
No matter the good I want to come from decentralization, it certainly can be used for bad. However, its abuse should be less than centralized system, so hopefully that means real progress is happening.
However, cryptography can certainly be used to restrict access or add moderation features.
For example, here is a demo of a P2P LinkedIn with ACL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiELAFqNSLQ
Moderation powers scare me, but I do know that notabug.io , d.tube , and the upcoming HackerNoon 2.0 have this type of feature. Except it is called "curation" (technically, content can't really get deleted, but a curated homepage can certainly exclude content).
The good news is that the founders of all these apps are working towards user-configurable curation, so you could override who/what/how curation happens. I don't like moderation, but opting into a web-of-trust is, I think, an interesting area to explore.
No matter the good I want to come from decentralization, it certainly can be used for bad. However, its abuse should be less than centralized system, so hopefully that means real progress is happening.