Over, ugh, 35 years of participation in discussion-based online communities, voting was ultimately the death of several of them. Quality moderation—including vi

Over, ugh, 35 years of participation in discussion-based online communities, voting was ultimately the death of several of them. Quality moderation—including via social feedback—was the single most important factor in their pre-voting success (and, to be fair, for several years post the change to a voting system). Basically, the community gets out what it allows to be put in.