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I don't understand why people put an equals sign between less moderation and the inevitable fall of the platform to trolls? I feel HN is not that moderated - b
by torginus 4y ago
I don't understand why people put an equals sign between less moderation and the inevitable fall of the platform to trolls?
I feel HN is not that moderated - bar - I don't feel like it happens that often that people's opinions get disappeared - Imo the main appeal of the site is that people of differing opinions are and worldviews are able to have informed debates about stuff here - even if limited to the world of technology.
- imiric 4y agoHN is still a very niche community where Eternal September hasn't happened yet. Moderation is largely enforced by the community itself thus far, and one(?) superhuman moderator. You can be sure that if a flood of new users happens, the current system won't scale, and we'd see a diminishing quality of content and comments posted. Some old timers would probably say that has already happened, but it's still largely under control. This site doesn't have the benefit of, say, Reddit, where niche communities can still exist in relative isolation and with their own moderation rules, even with the amount of users and low quality content on the rest of the site.