What would happen if people kept posting it outside of the “courtroom”?
Not sure whether this is what you were implying, but I wasn’t thinking of private courts. My current guess is that it is important for courts to be at least observable, so that people can build trust in them (observable in the sense of how modern courts are observable, i.e. anyone can show up to the courtroom, but you might not be allowed to record it).
I think John meant that non-participants might keep commenting on the situation while the trial was in progress, and then after the trial. That might weaken some of the gains from having a trial in the first place (e.g., the hope that people will accept the verdict and move on to more productive things).
You could “sequester” the jury by making them promise not to read the non-courtroom threads until the jury had delivered a verdict. You could also have a norm that disputants would not comment in other threads while trial was ongoing. Not having the disputants in the non-courtroom thread would probably slow its velocity down considerably. You could even hide the courtroom thread from non-participants until the trial was over. That’s not a complete answer, but would probably help some.
I’ve had similar thoughts. I think the biggest questions are:
- Who would organise them?
- What powers would they have?
- What would happen if people kept posting it outside of the “courtroom”?
Not sure whether this is what you were implying, but I wasn’t thinking of private courts. My current guess is that it is important for courts to be at least observable, so that people can build trust in them (observable in the sense of how modern courts are observable, i.e. anyone can show up to the courtroom, but you might not be allowed to record it).
I think John meant that non-participants might keep commenting on the situation while the trial was in progress, and then after the trial. That might weaken some of the gains from having a trial in the first place (e.g., the hope that people will accept the verdict and move on to more productive things).
Ah, thanks, that makes sense
You could “sequester” the jury by making them promise not to read the non-courtroom threads until the jury had delivered a verdict. You could also have a norm that disputants would not comment in other threads while trial was ongoing. Not having the disputants in the non-courtroom thread would probably slow its velocity down considerably. You could even hide the courtroom thread from non-participants until the trial was over. That’s not a complete answer, but would probably help some.