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rthomas6  ·  3275 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How an army of pro-Donald Trump trolls are taking over Reddit

I wonder what would happen if a large group with distasteful beliefs all joined Hubski at the same time? Would we see a splintering of sorts where multiple groups coexisted but didn't interact much with each other, or would we see a lot of vicious fighting like in other internet communities? Or something else? Do you think Hubski could survive something like that without moderation?





kleinbl00  ·  3275 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's happened several times. We had the CircleJERKERS (the guys who brought you the chimpire), we had Lorelai, we had Team SRS.

What happens is they form their own little circlejerky cadres, recognize that nobody else is interacting with them, and leave.

rthomas6  ·  3275 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's really encouraging. And I suppose if there was a circlejerky cadre that didn't want anyone else to interact with them, maybe they're a nice addition to the community, in their own way.

kleinbl00  ·  3275 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Exactly. The goal is that groups with disparate interests can self-silo such that there is no forced interaction between communities that have nothing to say to each other.