Maybe yes... and maybe no... a few days ago they were asking for moderation in the territories.

Regarding moderation as well, in Downzap it's the moderator here in this case... if I don't like something, I mute it with a DZ

guerratotal

as you say, that sounds like a small group. emphasis on small.

I think such spaces can exist, but they won't be mainstream or popular.  They'll be populated mostly by a small group of people who self select into being around other open minded people.

SimpleStacker

Sorry, I’m tired of discussing this :(

(I just dropped the quotes because I thought the stackers would like them, but I didn’t intend to discuss them *with me*. I hope that’s fair.)

_I’m also tired of [this](https://stacker.news/items/1574491?commentId=1574610) and [this](https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/issues/2767)._

the most famous example of this is politics, where right-wingers and left-wingers alike keep reading true stories on the platform of their choice, which supports their initial assumptions and ideology. People become more and more embedded in their views and have limited exposure to the opposing arguments. At this stage, with exposure to reams and reams of supporting material, people on either side of a conflict can barely believe anybody could legitimately hold an opposing view. Those with an opposing view are therefore often assumed to be either stupid, corrupt or to have some nefarious agenda.

Do you think it is possible to prevent such siloing? I think that mods often enact it in order to defend the civility of their community. I wonder if SN with it's no-mods structure could somehow be a place for warring sides to coexist (even if they are still at war)...probably not, but a guy can dream, can't he?

Quotes from The Blocksize War (2021)

> the most famous example of this is politics, where right-wingers and left-wingers alike keep reading true stories on the platform of their choice, which supports their initial assumptions and ideology. People become more and more embedded in their views and have limited exposure to the opposing arguments. At this stage, with exposure to reams and reams of supporting material, people on either side of a conflict can barely believe anybody could legitimately hold an opposing view. Those with an opposing view are therefore often assumed to be either stupid, corrupt or to have some nefarious agenda.

Well that's rings a bit too true. Ouch. 

Do you think it is possible to prevent such siloing? I think that mods often enact it in order to defend the civility of their community. I wonder if SN with it's no-mods structure could somehow be a place for warring sides to coexist (even if they are still at war)...probably not, but a guy can dream, can't he?