Week 5 - Bruns B

Moderation functions online are a way of controlling what is put on the internet. I wouldn’t describe this as defeating the purpose of ‘free for all’ sites like Wikipedia as such because I would explain it as being inevitable. There is a constant need for regulations IRL therefore there is bound to be some reflection on this in cyber societies. There also has to be something put in place because the internet would most likely get majorly out of hand if there wasn’t some sort of restraint to follow by. In my opinion I’m quite glad they do have these functions, with new media having such a large impact on today’s society, I agree that there should be a certain amount of control with these services. I agree with the statement by Bruns that if users don’t have some sort of system to adhere to then “cohesion is likely to be lost.” (Page 4) without some guidelines to follow, it could easily get out of control. The internet still allows for a great deal more freedom of speech in comparison to other media, conventionally our society is used to having policies so I wouldn’t say it’s defeating the object.