I did not see any mention of structure. Reddit has a different structure than Twitter. In fact, go back to before Slashdot and Digg and the common (HN, Reddit)

I did not see any mention of structure. Reddit has a different structure than Twitter. In fact, go back to before Slashdot and Digg and the common (HN, Reddit) format of drive-by commenting was simply not a thing. Usenet conversations would take place over the course of days, weeks, or even months. Business rules. Twitter is driven by engagement. Twitter is practically the birthplace of the "hot take". It's what drives a lot of users to the site and keeps them there. How do you control the temper of a site when your goal is inflammatory to begin with? Trust and Good Faith. When you enter into a legal contract, both you and the party you are forming a contract with are expected to operate in good faith. You are signaling your intent is to be fair and honest and to uphold the terms of the contract. Now, the elephant in the room here is what happens when the CEO, Elon Musk, could arguably (Matt Levine has done so, wonderfully) not even demonstrate good faith during the purchase of Twitter, itself. Or has been a known bully to Bill Gates regarding his weight or sex appeal, or simply enjoys trolling with conspiracy theories. What does a moderation system even mean in the context of a private corporation owned by such a person? Will moderation apply to Elon? If not, then how is trust established? There is a lot to talk about on that last point. In the late '90s a site called Advogato[1] was created to explore trust metrics. It was not terribly successful, but it was an interesting time in moderation. Slashdot was also doing what they could. But then it all stopped with the rise of corporate forums. Corporate forums, such as Reddit, Twitter, or Facebook, seem to have no interest in these sorts of things. Their interest is in conflict: they need to onboard as many eyeballs as possible, as quickly as possible, and with as little user friction as possible. They also serve advertisers, who, you could argue, are the real arbiters of what can be said on a site. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advogato https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advogato