💯 the biggest mistake both Digg and Reddit made was not have a proper filter for messages.

It’s one thing to block or mute someone it’s another to pay for someone’s attention, this could be corrected with zaps but likely difficult to build on stacker news.

This is why it’s hard to build community on the web, your first instinct is make it grow larger. But maybe like the real world your first thought should be to please your current users first.