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The remarkable thing is how effective bullying is at moderating idiots. Astroturfing state actors aside, the site maintains a high level of on topic civility.
by valianteffort 2y ago
The remarkable thing is how effective bullying is at moderating idiots. Astroturfing state actors aside, the site maintains a high level of on topic civility.
There's something inherently wrong with ordering posts by vote count, both because a confident/deceptive idiot can spread his lies like a virus and because it's too easy to game.
- oceanplexian 2y agoSlashdot solved this ages ago with its moderation system, vote moderation has been flawed since inception, because people downvote when they disagree not based on the quality of the post.
- scubbo 2y agoI'm reasonably sure this is the first time I've ever seen a claim associating civility with 4chan.
- valianteffort 2y agoI suppose you need to be deep in the trenches to find anyone still willing to have discourse there. But as another commenter said, some of the niche boards, like subreddits, maintain some pretty high quality conversation.
- mid-kid 2y agoOn a small scale I've seen this work, and maybe early 4chan was like this. Current-day, though? Nah, idiots attract more idiots and most of the site sucks save for a few niche boards/topics.