1. Moderation, by thoughtful paid moderators. In particular I think the style of moderation is pretty good here 2. Light curation (pushing posts that aren’t a

1. Moderation, by thoughtful paid moderators. In particular I think the style of moderation is pretty good here 2. Light curation (pushing posts that aren’t a “good fit” down the rankings; asking people to resubmit good submissions that flopped) 3. I feel like it’s changed quite a lot in the last 10 years or so I’ve been reading the site. The popular topics have changed. I see fewer of some kinds of stupid comment and more of other kinds of stupid comment. But it’s hard to describe what the changes are.