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>Surely the 'scale' issue's answer is for a community to moderate itself. That way, the community should be happy. Self-moderation is basically what Stackover
by jasode 6y ago
>Surely the 'scale' issue's answer is for a community to moderate itself. That way, the community should be happy.
Self-moderation is basically what Stackoverflow is and a lot of users are not happy with the outcome. Most of the votes that close questions as "duplicates" and "not constructive" are done by fellow users. I tried to explain this previously[0] but unhappy Stackoverflow users still insist there's an "us vs them".
And consider that Stackoverflow's userbase is a much smaller scale than Facebook.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23977165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23977165
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoUnder a Slashdot style system the "closed-duplicate" questions would be downgraded for those users who choose; you might like dupes and so you could choose to boost dupes for yourself. The community provides a default position (duplicates closed), provides the information ('this is duplicate'), but under a Slashdot style system you can choose that content that others 'hide'.