Much bigger discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41251412
No idea why it's getting pushed farther and farther down the front page despite getting lots of activity.
No idea why it's getting pushed farther and farther down the front page despite getting lots of activity.
Having moderators that do proper jobs is an attempt to not have the site be dominated by flamewars.
Of course the software is imperfect, but that's also true of the moderators and (dare I say it) the community. Each needs to compensate for the imperfections of the others.
Like I said though, doesn't really help remove flamewars, that's what moderation is for.