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I hate the unpaid moderator model, it generally attracts only the most terminally-online busybodies, and they seem completely detached from the core aims of SO,

• pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
  > the core aims of SO Which are?
  • dataengineer56 3y ago
    A place that gives me answers to common coding questions.
    • MauranKilom 3y ago
      If the place is filled to the brim with GPT-generated nonsense, how do you plan on finding those answers?
• JackFr 3y ago
  I think you've hit on something here. I understand very well that it is active moderation which keeps SO from being a toilet of spam and junk. At the same time, in my limited experience SO moderators are petty tyrants, very jealously guarding their tiny domains.
  • dataengineer56 3y ago
    > wI understand very well that it is active moderation which keeps SO from being a toilet of spam and junk. I often wonder about this. I can see how this is true for somewhere like Reddit where lazy memes could overrun any subreddit, but I'm less convinced when it comes to SO. The vast majority of SO moderator actions are on questions that non-mods have already downvoted and reported. These questions could/would be hidden by SO's algorithm anyway. Only new queue lurkers see unpopular questions. I think that SO's moderation could be almost entirely automated and overseen by a small number of professional paid moderators.