Yeah I'm familiar with the history as well, I was just saying that I think those other sites were not conscious of the need to set a good example for newcomers, and HN mostly is. We have had these self-examination threads almost monthly since we first appeared on TC.
I think setting a good example will cause people to rise to it, and I think being conscious of setting a good example means we will preserve our community values. No one on Reddit or Digg was clamoring to "maintain the level of discourse"... their '4chanization' happened because those communities had no immune response. Here, we have a powerful social response, in that most people set a good example and gently correct those that don't.
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Yeah I'm familiar with the history as well, I was just saying that I think those other sites were not conscious of the need to set a good example for newcomers, and HN mostly is. We have had these self-examination threads almost monthly since we first appeared on TC.
I think setting a good example will cause people to rise to it, and I think being conscious of setting a good example means we will preserve our community values. No one on Reddit or Digg was clamoring to "maintain the level of discourse"... their '4chanization' happened because those communities had no immune response. Here, we have a powerful social response, in that most people set a good example and gently correct those that don't.