Re:The demise of r/science AMAs on Reddit
by edwinksl on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @01:25PM
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It appears a lot of people are not aware of this important function of moderation unless they see it for themselves, perhaps by doing some moderation. It is not surprising at all to people who have done some moderation that relying on just upvotes and downvotes does not surface good content.
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Up- and downvotes work to a certain extend. But when the community grows big enough, the upvotes tend to heavily favor "funny" and other easily digestible content. Many subreddits and other online communities died the, what I call, 10,000 member death. If you don't apply moderation at that point, serious content will disappear.