Re:The Silence Is Deafening
by djhaskin987 on Friday July 03, 2020 @10:20PM
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> Or, more simply - they give us enough space to express complex thoughts, and there's good moderation.
This is what it boils down to for me. Slashdot was great because of CmdrTaco and when he left it that was about the time when that site went down the tubes. Hacker news is great because of dang. When the moderators leave, the communities often rot.
This is what it boils down to for me. Slashdot was great because of CmdrTaco and when he left it that was about the time when that site went down the tubes. Hacker news is great because of dang. When the moderators leave, the communities often rot.