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Reddit encourages in-group domination, by way of ignoring policy-violating cross-subreddit moderation and banning; Twitter, by design, encourages user retention
by dleslie 4y ago
Reddit encourages in-group domination, by way of ignoring policy-violating cross-subreddit moderation and banning; Twitter, by design, encourages user retention through passionate engagement with other users, and most often that passion is hatred.
HN doesn't have a corollary for sub-reddits, or a personal feed, or similar. Its singular subject focus is its virtue; but, as you claim, it will fall. All things will, and the problem with HN is that there is _too much money to be made_ by swaying opinion on this forum.
- noobermin 4y agoThere is definitely groupthink here too, albeit in certain threads and certain types of articles. It isn't as much of a club like a subreddit is but it definitely exists.
- dleslie 4y agoOh for certain; allowing group-moderation by way of up/down voting will _necessarily_ encourage groupthink.