[rhodri]

> Someone is going to build them if they can make a buck doing it, and empathy isn't going to somehow stop that.

the problem is that we are all chasing that buck, rather than imagining what that buck could do

> What if there were simply richer tools for users to rate things?

they would be abused by those with underdeveloped empathy to marginalise views that threatened them. emotional problems require emotional solutions.

[robbrown451]

> the problem is that we are all chasing that buck, rather than imagining what that buck could do

So....tell everyone to stop being self interested?

> emotional problems require emotional solutions.

What emotional solution do you propose? Send everyone to therapy?

I see a dramatic difference in sites that have sophisticated moderation tools, such as Quora, vs those that don't, for instance YouTube. I just think they should go further.