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by selfmodruntime 424 days ago
Getting rid of anonymous powermoderation.
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Why do you think that's the issue? On old-school forums, the forum owners had total moderation power.
Yes, and in my opinion, this was what killed Slashdot.
Who knew that giving power to unpaid volunteers who don‘t necessarily have the users or the companies‘ best interest in mind might turn out to be a bad business practice.