Well said. I think HN has two qualities that make it work:
1. No need to drive engagement.
2. Heavy moderation to keep things on track.
#2 won't work without #1 because of what you said (the nature of getting engagement).
But is there some way for moderation to scale? Maybe this is where LLMs come in?
Ironically, LinkedIn should be the one experimenting with this. If they can get revenue from recruiters or job seekers, then they don't need the toxic kind of engagement.
1. No need to drive engagement. 2. Heavy moderation to keep things on track.
#2 won't work without #1 because of what you said (the nature of getting engagement).
But is there some way for moderation to scale? Maybe this is where LLMs come in?
Ironically, LinkedIn should be the one experimenting with this. If they can get revenue from recruiters or job seekers, then they don't need the toxic kind of engagement.