Cultural moderation/curation like the one at HN leads to more discourse. After participating in online forums for 20 or so years I always feel more inclined to partake in forums in which the tone of discussion is friendly and level of discussion is high.
Free-for-all or laissez-fair moderation leads to a race to the bottom in the quality of posts.
Free-for-all or laissez-fair moderation leads to a race to the bottom in the quality of posts.
Thanks for keeping HN a nice place everyone.