I'm thinking more along the lines of virtually every channel is a blockchain with an owning private key that can set the limits for the channel. It's success or failure would hinge on clients (conforming clients anyway) rejecting updates that don't conform to the blockchain's rules. With each individual user's edits to the blockchain channel being tied to their private key respectively.
By rules, I mean: "Only these keys can delete. Keys not these lists can add. Keys on this list can add binaries. These keys can conditionally delete based on age-out rules. Etc." That sort of thing.
So yes, you would still have channel moderators, but virtually nobody would be able to prevent the creation of more channel chains.
So we're back at the age-old, seemingly-unsolvable issue of internet discussion forums: you need moderation (otherwise bad actors will spam you to oblivion), yet moderators are unreliable (due to the very nature of jannies) and finding good or even decent ones is akin to finding a unicorn.
So at the end of the day, the issue isn't quite technological, but rather a lack of people with a moral backbone, motivation and enough free time.
I'm thinking more along the lines of virtually every channel is a blockchain with an owning private key that can set the limits for the channel. It's success or failure would hinge on clients (conforming clients anyway) rejecting updates that don't conform to the blockchain's rules. With each individual user's edits to the blockchain channel being tied to their private key respectively.
By rules, I mean: "Only these keys can delete. Keys not these lists can add. Keys on this list can add binaries. These keys can conditionally delete based on age-out rules. Etc." That sort of thing.
So yes, you would still have channel moderators, but virtually nobody would be able to prevent the creation of more channel chains.
That seems sensible to me.
So we're back at the age-old, seemingly-unsolvable issue of internet discussion forums: you need moderation (otherwise bad actors will spam you to oblivion), yet moderators are unreliable (due to the very nature of jannies) and finding good or even decent ones is akin to finding a unicorn.
So at the end of the day, the issue isn't quite technological, but rather a lack of people with a moral backbone, motivation and enough free time.