I'm glad to see they mention one of the major reasons r/science is so successful... good moderation. Through some combination of random chance and volunteer ef

I'm glad to see they mention one of the major reasons r/science is so successful... good moderation. Through some combination of random chance and volunteer effort, that sub has a (relatively) consistent, fair, and active moderation team. Possibly it helps that the subject is not part of the usual "peak popularity" curve for subs there, where sub activity is more tied to groupthink and fads than substance. Many good subs elsewhere on reddit have not survived long term, and many of those failures are due to bias, bad behavior, laziness, or outright corruption on the part of their moderation teams. Reddit seems to leave good moderation to chance in the name of allowing subs the freedom to be their own communities.