I often discover in hindsight that what I thought was the core mechanic was really not in the top 3. Distributing content is the nr 1 from the users perspectiv

I often discover in hindsight that what I thought was the core mechanic was really not in the top 3. Distributing content is the nr 1 from the users perspective. It is what we think we want. What we really want is interesting content and interesting dialog. Getting rid of garbage should be a side effect of that. Something you get for free along with it. I imagine it easy to make the mistake to aim to get rid of trash and put much effort towards that while really it should be zero. One might even chose to tolerate a sub set of trash if the author performed sufficiently.