It's true that if you allow them everyone will vote them up and talk about them. But so what? That's like saying that all magazines should put Paris Hilton on t

It's true that if you allow them everyone will vote them up and talk about them. But so what? That's like saying that all magazines should put Paris Hilton on the front cover. Editorial influence is why this site will succeed where others have failed. We don't need editorial influence to ban stories we hate, like spam. We need editorial influence to ban stories we like, for the good of the site.