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> What the thread didn't explain - how do platforms get destroyed if they don't moderate enough? You get brigading or other ever-escalating, internecine battle
by sangnoir 5y ago
> What the thread didn't explain - how do platforms get destroyed if they don't moderate enough?
You get brigading or other ever-escalating, internecine battles, and lose a huge chunk of users who get put off by the toxicity and dysfunction, and it becomes a downward spiral as the concentration of radicals in the userbase increases.
A sibling comment mentions Voat (which died in the cradle), but I think Digg is a different example of how platform can implode when most users - who are not ideologically invested either way - get tired of drama.
- ehsankia 5y agoThe thread actually touches on that roughly around here: https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1514956233005928449 https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1514956233005928449 Digg and Voat aside, I think the whole T_D example on reddit is a good example. Like you said, subreddits aren't fully self-contained. They leak, fight against others, and it can very quickly get out of control.