| ▲ | nicbou an hour ago | |
Then how can you have a community that is welcoming to people who are not part of the ingroup? I want to create a community for immigrants. How would I make it welcoming to recent immigrants for whom no one can vouch? A web of trust is a wonderful tool, but it's exclusive by design. This is a problem for some communities, even though it makes others much better. | ||
| ▲ | coldtea 31 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
>Then how can you have a community that is welcoming to people who are not part of the ingroup? Being welcoming to every random person is by definition not a community, it's a free-for-all mess. A community means communal interests and values, it's in the name. And to guard those you can't just be accepting everyone without vetoing them. That's how it turns to a shit of spammers and trolls and people who want to hijack it and don't share the original cause/spirit. Has happened to forum after forum... | ||
| ▲ | elevation 11 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> for whom no one can vouch Spot the fed | ||