Here's that same false dichotomy again that was in the last StackExchange thread.
Listen, it's not a choice between "Let the moderators run wild" and "let the userbase run wild". It never has been. Those are the two silly extremes in an entire spectrum of possible policy choices.
StackExchange sucks because the moderation is too heavy.
r/programming sucks because the moderation is too light.
HN is somewhere in the middle but trending towards SE (if the number of good comments which were hellbanned are any indication)
Listen, it's not a choice between "Let the moderators run wild" and "let the userbase run wild". It never has been. Those are the two silly extremes in an entire spectrum of possible policy choices.
StackExchange sucks because the moderation is too heavy.
r/programming sucks because the moderation is too light.
HN is somewhere in the middle but trending towards SE (if the number of good comments which were hellbanned are any indication)