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@pef-moderation.orgOct 16, 2026, 9:31 AM

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"Israelis are Nazis" is not 'reasoned anti-Israel critique'

PPublic Education Forum Moderation@pef-moderation.orgMay 13, 2026, 12:42 PM

You found the pro-Zionist. Not a huge gotcha, tbh.

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@pef-moderation.orgOct 16, 2026, 9:31 AM

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@pef-moderation.orgOct 14, 2026, 5:39 PM

sticking by this one, it's a tough sell though ⬇️

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@pef-moderation.orgOct 14, 2026, 5:18 PM

the misogynist OP is also getting a label, manually

@pef-moderation.orgOct 14, 2026, 5:17 PM

this has nothing to do with my labels, the string is auto-matched and labeled realtime. obvs your account is perfectly fine. I just dislike the normalization of ableist and dehumanizing slurs vs political opponents, even the MAGA cult

@pef-moderation.orgOct 14, 2026, 12:53 PM

'MAGAM*ron' gets auto-labeled, no exceptions

@pef-moderation.orgOct 13, 2026, 4:45 PM

Timely review is vital. Labeling a single post days or weeks later is far too late. Use the pattern of auto-reports since Nov 2024 to efficiently weed out the worst offenders. Searching for 'reported a lot recently' and 'slow drip of reports' gives different accounts, saying the same things.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 13, 2026, 4:45 PM

At this point, even if nobody else uses these visual signals, I will keep them updated for my own sanity and to track disinfo trope trends. 1. Auto-label toxic links 2. Manage real-time string filters and auto-reports so that 'the noisy minority' surface fast.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 13, 2026, 4:45 PM

One table is mirrored to a block-list for convenience. These are 'the noisy minority' - currently 9000+, out of 44 million total. The labels and block list allow quick identification, without 'censorship'. I don't mute or block anything - the labels work for me.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 13, 2026, 4:45 PM

More on state of the world here, including discussion of 'why focus on account labels?'
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Accounts to be excluded from monitoring after manual review and labeling get added to private Postgres tables.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 13, 2026, 4:45 PM

Community moderation should always be viewed as subjective. Platform does a horrible job of communicating this.
Other examples where profile misrepresents content:
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@pef-moderation.orgOct 13, 2026, 4:45 PM

These account labels function like the old Twitter "state-sponsored media" labels - an 'unreliable narrator' hint to inattentive readers. Casual users cannot be expected to review entire timelines for one "Zion*sm is racism" or "Ukraine is full of N*zis" post.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 13, 2026, 4:45 PM

Most of our labels are at account level, for a pattern of violating content. Not every post need violate. (That's how 60/40 disinfo works: speak truth to gain trust, then mix in tropes to be virally amplified.) Clear repeat violations are strictly sanctioned. It might only be a fraction of posts.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 13, 2026, 4:45 PM

Context for this account is here.
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'antizionists' would not view this as disinfo. This is a pro-Zionist labeler, as one part of its mission.
[Anti-Arab slurs like "PaliN*zi" and "Pallywo*d" get labeled too.]

@pef-moderation.orgOct 8, 2026, 3:00 AM

Like many I am bending over backwards to give the benefit of the doubt, only to be disappointed over and over by a return to the drumbeat of 'antizionist' rhetoric. I don't label 'big' accounts any differently than small ones - it's all content-based - this is an outlier that is running out of rope.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 8, 2026, 2:57 AM

Account-level 'misinformation' label warns of persistent use of 'antizionist' tropes and polemic, such as 'genocide', 'apartheid'. For now only particularly egregious posts like today's abomination about October 7 are getting the 'disinfo' label, but the account is headed for the same.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 6, 2026, 3:08 PM

a little while ago, labeled and added to block list

@pef-moderation.orgOct 5, 2026, 7:43 PM

Feedback loop becomes: - add rules early and often, capturing spreaders and false positives - review manually, filtering on the trope's rule-id or via string search - label and block-list confirmed spreaders - discard false positives - refine initial guess at matching rule - repeat as needed.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 5, 2026, 7:43 PM

PS one useful enhancement here was to Tag the auto-reports with the rule-id that triggered automation. This means that once a string match rule is added - "false flag", "Zionism is racism", - the Ozone UI allows filtering on just those auto-reports.

@pef-moderation.orgOct 5, 2026, 7:35 PM

Reporting instructions if you think you are subject to abuse of platform terms of service:
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