NaNoWriMo Whatever Is Going On

[grayestofghosts]

I am not entirely up to date on all the details about what is going on with the NaNoWriMo organization implosion but I feel like it's part of a larger discussion on how much of how the internet "was" and a lot of programs that we would like to have are impossible because moderation is too difficult and the cost of moderation failure is far too high. 'Kid's spaces' on the internet don't really exist anymore because they attract bad actors by virtue of existing, and then venues that were originally for adults get flooded with children who are thrown to the wolves because the liability is limited there because it's for adults. I'm going to be honest it doesn't help that there's no margin for error because it gives incentive for places like NaNoWriMo to ignore problems or try to cover them up because if they were happening, that would make them bad people, etc.

People will talk a lot about "old internet" and forums and such with a rosy tint but the fact is that there was also a lot of bad things going on there, and we know now how difficult moderation is and the liability of recreating them would be damn high. So, I don't know. Kinda sucks, idk.