> Because the hate has spilled over into the good communities as well. Is this really an issue? Are they going to /r/programming and dominating the conversatio

> Because the hate has spilled over into the good communities as well. Is this really an issue? Are they going to /r/programming and dominating the conversation? Because I'm just not seeing it. I think that the quality of a community is inversely related to the size, which explains why reddit "used to be cool". But the reason I still use reddit is because you can subscribe to communities you want - and there are still many good ones. That said, there is room for improvement on the moderation side. I think a "peer-moderated" community would be awesome. Say for example, when a comment is flagged - a random but deterministic set of peers will make a judgement call. A "deterministic peer-jury" could be a useful mechanism for communities to grant voting/commenting/moderation rights. The bigger issue in my opinion is controlling the discussion via sock puppets and underhanded moderation.