Moderation is double edged sword sadly, you need it else the extremists will do exactly that, interpret the ideas of community in the extreme all while pushing

Moderation is double edged sword sadly, you need it else the extremists will do exactly that, interpret the ideas of community in the extreme all while pushing out people that they think are not extreme enough. But on other side... good luck looking for one. The people that volunteer to have a bunch of power over a community and decide who's allowed to stay and who have to go are usually exactly the type you don't want to moderate anything, or have any power whatsoever over anything. I've seen few times where self moderation mostly worked but it was due to established culture there and any newcomer that misbehaved was just scolded by the more veteran members and that was usually enough. You can see it on smaller subreddits too.