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I completely agree with your assessment of Metafilter. The recent decision there to curtail the histrionic behavior in the political threads was a good step, bu

I completely agree with your assessment of Metafilter. The recent decision there to curtail the histrionic behavior in the political threads was a good step, but it’s probably not possible for them to restore the quality and quantity of comments now as too many good users have given up trying to contribute rather than face constant attacks from the same 50 or so users.

DoreenMichele 9y ago
They very much have an in crowd. The rules for the in crowd are de facto different from the rules for everyone else Historical comments by the previous lead mod essentially admit this is conscious and intentional. But if you try to point it out, you get all kinds of denial.