MetaFilter
Recipe for a web community that doesn't suck: 1. Paid entry 2. Stern moderation
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I've also seen "invite-only" work really well as an alternative to point 1
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I like "paid entry" a whole lot because that means people have something to lose by being sternly moderated
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idk, somethingawful and non-f2p mmos have these and I don't see them as super great places to hang out
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necessary but not sufficient
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The MetaTalk thread on race makes me feel less glib about this. Relatedly, did pre-jessamyn Metafilter count as "stern" enough to not suck? At one extreme, how sucky is a site that nurtures "polite" debate by fascists (r/TheMotte)?
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I feel some degree of transparency and self-awareness is important. E.g. something like the MetaTalk subsite. How you do that right is another can of worms.
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Notably this is the precise opposite of what's afforded by "federated" platforms like Mastodon: both rules have to apply to everybody in the community, not a small cluster that remains connected to everyone else.
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The Something Awful method will never not fail.
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