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user-inactivated  ·  4318 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A reddit admin on tags

Following individuals is essentially whitelisting your own exclusive community. Exclusive groups are generally less susceptible to the Eternal September phenomenon because offending or low-quality contributors are easily eliminated. Public groups have no defense at all, except by collective action of the group members, which is of course directly undermined by the process of Eternal September.