> In any case, though, it's clear that moderation needs to be baked into the protocol at a lower level than it currently is.

Lesson learned and relearned across all social and communication software... Moderation cannot be grafted on later: it is core, it makes or breaks the social experience.

HN, Bluesky and Reddit, for example, got it right, each in their own way for their own use case, and I believe it one of the main reasons of their success.