I mean, our editors are also pretty laissez faire about what gets on here, but there is a much stricter "moderation" of our articles than our comments; as a former editor who pals around with other former editors and current editors, I do know editorial decisions are made, and that mostly everything that is submitted is run. But just mostly, (and frequently not in the originally submitted form).
I mean, the comments are a giant cesspool, sure, but I'm not sure that's a problem, really. Doesn't seem to bother GR, either. I like to bag on him that his system is doing nothing, but he doesn't seem to care, and frankly, neither do I.
(This is probably the best defense GR has ever made of this system by the way, and even then it probably boils down to "this stuff doesn't matter much now, but the current system helps people avoid the stuff that really doesn't matter later".)
(Also, Flayrah does, believe it or not, have a moderator, and he has on occasion banned people.)
You're mistaking the comments for the content.
I mean, our editors are also pretty laissez faire about what gets on here, but there is a much stricter "moderation" of our articles than our comments; as a former editor who pals around with other former editors and current editors, I do know editorial decisions are made, and that mostly everything that is submitted is run. But just mostly, (and frequently not in the originally submitted form).
I mean, the comments are a giant cesspool, sure, but I'm not sure that's a problem, really. Doesn't seem to bother GR, either. I like to bag on him that his system is doing nothing, but he doesn't seem to care, and frankly, neither do I.
(This is probably the best defense GR has ever made of this system by the way, and even then it probably boils down to "this stuff doesn't matter much now, but the current system helps people avoid the stuff that really doesn't matter later".)
(Also, Flayrah does, believe it or not, have a moderator, and he has on occasion banned people.)