| Not Dang. No. We haven’t really found it before the internet (these problems are endemic to human/sentient nature.) The internet only makes things industrialized. There are things you can do, that reduce the number of friction points, thus making it possible to self govern 1) narrow topics/purpose - the closer to an objective science the better. 2) no politics, no religion - as far as possible. 3) topic should not be a static/ largely opinion oriented. More goal driven, with progress milestones easily discussed and queried (lose weight, get healthy, ask artists, learn photoshop.) 4) clear and shareable tests to weed out posers - r/badeconomics, askhistory 5) strong moderation. 6) no to little meta Discussions 7) directed paths for self promotion 8) get lucky and have a topic that attracts polite good faith debaters who can identify and eject bad faith actors (the holy grail.) Each of these options removes or modulates a source of drama. With enough of them removed, you can still get flame wars, but it will be better than necker having done these before. |