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by jwarden 1329 days ago
No open online community with such a radical content moderation policy can survive. It is too easy for a small number of people to flood a community with spam and abuse. It has happened countless times. And there is a lot of good writing on the phenomenon:

Clay Shirkey, A Group is its Own Worst Enemy: https://www.gwern.net/docs/technology/2005-shirky-agroupisit...

Lesswrong, Well-Kept Gardens Die by Pacifism: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-...