Code of ethics #52
Description
One issue I see with a lot of platforms like X, bluesky, mastodon and everything else is there's no specific sound form of governance. X is managed by how Elon feels. Other platforms built their own moderation tools, but it's not clear how they define those forms of moderation.
I started using a basic flagging system can be used to flag things, which makes sense. Then included some limitations on when new accounts can post. I'm now using an llm called Fanar, which flags things that look like spam, but only to put in the moderation queue.
When I started Mu, I wanted to create something that was based on my own value system which is an Islamic one. Effectively God's law. I've found that hard to codify.
God's law is the moral standards most societies live by but no longer attribute to God. Part of the problem with online discourse is that we're defining right and wrong by consensus but that's not how it should work. There's a judicial system that we created as societies, but it was God who gave us those laws. You can argue differently but go back far enough and it's there.
I'm not writing this to stir a debate. I just think if we're going to live in a world where there are many different platforms then it's okay to have one, even just one, governed by an Islamic value system aka God's law.
You can disagree. But then you can also use Mastodon, X, Bluesky or Reddit or anything else that's out there. You can even go build your own. It's important to build alignment with a community who wants a platform governed by a certain set of values. And it's okay for people to disagree and go elsewhere. That's life.