Back in the days I thought that what made the Huffington Post popular, politics aside, was its gamified commenting system which I though was excellent. Since th

Back in the days I thought that what made the Huffington Post popular, politics aside, was its gamified commenting system which I though was excellent. Since then of course, it degraded UX wise until it was replaced by Facebook comments(horrible UX) and something completely useless today. At the end of the day what makes the difference between a good community and a bad one is tight moderation without censorship and focus.