For my own part, if LW admins want to actively moderate discussion (e.g., delete substandard comments/posts), that’s cool with me, and I would endorse that far more than not actively moderating discussion but every once in a while deleting comments or banning users who are not obviously worse than comments and users that go unaddressed.
Of course, once site admins demonstrate the willingness to ban submissions considered inappropriate, reasonable people are justified in concluding that unbanned submissions are considered appropriate. In other words, active moderation quickly becomes an obligation.
For my own part, if LW admins want to actively moderate discussion (e.g., delete substandard comments/posts), that’s cool with me, and I would endorse that far more than not actively moderating discussion but every once in a while deleting comments or banning users who are not obviously worse than comments and users that go unaddressed.
Of course, once site admins demonstrate the willingness to ban submissions considered inappropriate, reasonable people are justified in concluding that unbanned submissions are considered appropriate. In other words, active moderation quickly becomes an obligation.