LinkedIn like Indie Hackers is another example of a self-moderated social network. People on LI are not always nice to each other but they are civil most of the

LinkedIn like Indie Hackers is another example of a self-moderated social network. People on LI are not always nice to each other but they are civil most of the time. I guess that's a magical combo: a network that is business oriented and people using their real identities. You're right about skin in the game which has a second-order effect of turning a community into an echo chamber. It's what happened with Behance and Dribbble, nobody gives any meaningful feedback any more, it's just praise left and right. Being constructive and friendly in giving feedback requires a lot of effort and with a new thread/article/design popping up every few seconds nobody has the time for that. I read the other day a New Yorker's article [0] about the 2 Hacker News moderators and how lonely and emotionally draining their work is. Here rapid growth and anonymity lead to people being more ready to give fast feedback or opinion which sometimes causes bickering, misinterpretation and insults. So a thriving network has to have: - The right mix of a moderate velocity and growth - just enough new content so it doesn't turn into a ghost town or echo chamber, but not too much so the quality is not diluted. - Self-moderation or non-stop moderation if necessary. - The right incentive built around a common interest for the users to create meaningful and constructive new content - seems like the hardest part. [0] https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...