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I came from Reddit where they definitely did matter. They don’t seem to hold any real weight here. Is this true for some or all instances? If they don’t matter, what are they for?

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[-] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

How could it replace moderators developed further?

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 1 points 3 days ago

By providing a way to filter spam, trolls and whatever else you like, without the need for a central authority.

[-] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

people can already do this via blocking, but no-one regards that as sufficient.

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 1 points 3 days ago

I have not seen a forum that does it this way. Do you have a link to it or a failed experiment?

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