I wish there were more internet communities that were aggressively moderated for quality, on-topicness, and civility.
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@MemberOfSpecies It’s tricky; that invites meta-level discussion of moderation, which typically turns into vituperation.
@Meaningness If it's widely accepted that meta-level discussion ruins things, maybe people would be willing to precommit against it.
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@MemberOfSpecies And then a community may die because it couldn’t discuss what had gone wrong and how to fix it. -
@Meaningness Yeah. It's depressingly parallel to the problems involved in real-world government, isn't it. - 2 more replies
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@MemberOfSpecies Yes… well… many forums have detailed explicit policies that may include this, and everyone precommits by participating.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MemberOfSpecies However, sometimes moderation gets sufficiently screwed up that it really does need to be discussed. Or else, exit.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@MemberOfSpecies I don’t think there’s any right answers here, only tradeoffs, plus possibly good will and social skills.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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