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Re:Why You Need a Community: Opportunity Exposure and the In... by nicoburns on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:50PM (#23851581)
> The problem with the public communities is that it doesn't take long before they're dominated by those who have the most free time on their hands.

In both online and offline communities you can partially mitigate this issue by employing people to be full-time caretakers of the community.

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Re:Why You Need a Community: Opportunity Exposure and the In... by floren on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:53PM (#23851624)
I think he means dominated in terms of posting as much as dominated in terms of moderation.
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Re:Why You Need a Community: Opportunity Exposure and the In... by nicoburns on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:51AM (#23858018)
Yeah, but you can actively discourage this through moderation (and/or curate content such that these posts get less attention).
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