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Building and User Generated Content ---- Why Moderation Helps
Communities Grow  martinibuster - 6:48 pm on Mar 4, 2013 (gmt 0)
I don't recall that the data concluded that moderation helps
communities grow. It only concludes that unfettered expression
leads to polarization of opinions. I believe the title of this
discussion is misleading because the article does not support
the contention that it puts forth.  The study showed that a lack
of moderation has a polarizing effect on opinions. But there is
no conclusion offered that moderation will help grow a forum. It
seems that many of the most popular forums across most any niche
contains various degrees of wild and wooly interactions that
point to a lack of moderation. A lack of moderation hasn't
prevented those highly popular forums across a range of topics
from growing.  I believe that moderation of member expression
can inhibit the growth of a forum. There's an upside and
downside to running a