Re:The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if th...
by fknorangesite on Friday June 16, 2023 @04:12PM
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> If you don't notice it it's just either because you happen to agree with the status quo by accident, or you got used to it over time.
Exactly. Like with politics, "no moderation" is really just "moderation I agree with."
Re:The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if th...
by brightlancer on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:36AM
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> You can always create your own and be the first over there.
And be the only one over there.
If r/keyboards devolves, sure, someone can create r/seriouskeyboards, but that doesn't mean anyone will join them. First, there are already X orders of magnitude subscribed to r/keyboards; second, if a new user is looking for a group on keyboards, they're more likely to investigate r/keyboards than r/adjectivekeyboards.
"If you don't like it then make your own" ignores all of the realities involved. It's arrogant and dismissive.
You can always create your own and be the first over there.
I agree though that there are some problems with the model, such as a long gone head mod suddenly poking back in and doing something radical, as well as a discoverability issue.
> HN seems to be the last place on the internet where competing thoughts can exist.
HN is good precisely because it's well moderated and ontopic. There are rules here as well, and content is filtered quite thoroughly. If you don't notice it it's just either because you happen to agree with the status quo by accident, or you got used to it over time.