[masklinn]

How would a journal fix that in any way which is not available to non-journal editor?

And papers generally get multiple reviewers (though that can be hard, especially while keeping things anonymous, in very small/tight fields)

[emotionalcode]

I replied here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8595085

My point is that it requires intelligence to moderate and create balance between intelligence(s).

[masklinn]

It does not answer my question: how do journals-affiliated editors make the situation any better than non-journals-affiliated editors?

[emotionalcode]

I don't know, maybe a survey should be conducted across the scientific body, and some data should be collected.