I just don’t want to be part of it. You seem to suggest fighting the tide, but it is like fighting the tide: pointless, because you can’t win. The junk just keeps on rolling in..

I’ve been writing on the web since Hector was a pup – long before Digg, Sphinn, any of it.. and I hope to be here long after none of that stuff matters. If not – if “crap” is still clogging the pipes – well, I’ll just keep ignoring all of it.

Everyone needs to play their part by ensuring rubbish doesn’t get voted up on Sphinn, too many people just read the topic titles and Sphinn, the article doesn’t even get read (probably like the majority of the members on Sphinn sphunn this article without reading it)… I don’t know whether the recent discussion on all of this will make a difference though, we shall have to see.

I don’t think it is the resolution to shy away from the problem by not desphinning etc in fear of getting slated, abused or whatever. Take my recent example, a spammer on Sphinn went into my profile and clicked thru to my website and used the contact form spamming my company with childish abusive crap (http://sphinn.com/story/91857) all because I was desphinning spam. I’ll carry on doing it though and when enough people put their foot down and stop supporting the repeated/crap submissions on Sphinn, I think members will appreciate the quality of the front page content more so.

Sphinn among other networks gives us the ability to voice our opinion on content but that requires some effort and a sense of responsibility to make sure that the best quality content gets more visibility and discussion on.

I’m with you on being selective on what we contribute to especially when it means cluttering good spaces like Sphinn with mediocre content and shameless self promotion. Even if it means ruffling some feathers in the process.

Most of what you have written is correct. But ..
“Fixing social media is easy. It just requires us to take a stand and stop supporting crap”

In other words:
“Peace is easy to achieve. We just shouldn’t fight”.

Being Sphinn Mods, you [used generally] can change your algo, you can change your rules, you can change everything but people.

There were murderers in past, there are now, and there will be in future.

If we don’t police our industry and what it stands for, who will? That may breed hurt feelings at first, but in the long term, I think everyone benefits. It motivates people to be better and to model themselves after the right people. We get rid of false idols and we demand that people do great things.

Or maybe not. Maybe I’ living in a dream world.

[P.S. Thanks for engaging in the conversation. You're always a fun person to play devils advocate with. ]

Can we really risk our reputations and those of our companies just to desphinn something we think is crap? I used to think so, but I’m really not sure it’s worth it anymore.