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The psychology of editors and moderators is fascinating. I see them as being cast from the same mold as bureaucrats. All of them, left to their own devices, wil
by jmyeet 4y ago
The psychology of editors and moderators is fascinating. I see them as being cast from the same mold as bureaucrats. All of them, left to their own devices, will invent work and create obstacles.
It takes constant vigilance to avoid such people taking over a site and driving everyone away.
I also wonder what the correlation is between such people and being on the spectrum: The need for rules, the comfort and predictability of order and consistency and that ability to exercise control or power over something (this last one being applicable to pretty much everyone).
No hate intended here. It’s just musing out loud.
- latency-guy2 4y agoIntend all the hate you want, they don't care, they will mandate their world even when it's wrong to do so. If hate is what would get them to stop, they'd have quit before they began.
- askin4it 4y agoYep. Definitely a case of one side half-heartedly participating and the other side playing for keeps. At some point, the toxicity will generate a wakeup call among normal people and they will have to face facts that a really rotten contingent of loudmouth pushy sorts are squatting in the culture, acting as if they own it.