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Yet it did work quite well in the older net. Wasn't perfect, but it was working for many. Was it just the entry barrier and limited demographics? I don't know.
by raxxorrax 6y ago
Yet it did work quite well in the older net. Wasn't perfect, but it was working for many. Was it just the entry barrier and limited demographics? I don't know.
I think strongly moderated places always develop some form of echo chamber, even the interesting ones. So I don't believe in the dichotomy of lawless zones and unique perspectives. On the contrary, I think strongly moderated communities will more likely develop orthodoxies.
Easy answers are often popular, but that phenomenon is true in almost all communities.
- phoe-krk 6y ago> Was it just the entry barrier and limited demographics? Also possibly the difference in sheer volume of content and people. It's much easier to moderate when you have at most a few dozen people discussing a given topic. HN is dealing with thousands of people who sometimes, during really heated discussions like the GameStop ones, post literally at the same time and make more content than a single moderator or even a team of moderators is capable of reviewing, even with community help in form of reports or flags.