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Re:Down and out in the magic kingdom – A tale of software co... by doctorcroc on Friday April 29, 2016 @11:09AM (#11596191)
Every popular website will go through Eternal September at some point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

The challenge is how to enforce quality despite the surge in users.

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Re:Down and out in the magic kingdom – A tale of software co... by toomanythings2 on Friday April 29, 2016 @02:39PM (#11597811)
I had never heard of that but did notice the effect.
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Re:Down and out in the magic kingdom – A tale of software co... by chrisdbaldwin on Friday April 29, 2016 @01:13PM (#11597141)
A required lurking period, maybe?
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Re:Down and out in the magic kingdom – A tale of software co... by mjevans on Friday April 29, 2016 @07:15PM (#11599347)
Unlikely to work. Required lurking means lack of participation and thus lack of learning.

My counter suggestion is to encode the culture you desire in to the function of the site.

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