If you're cool with Nazis and CSAM, sure.
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2026
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Given the nature of internet commentators: yes it is possible but it won't be topic related for long and will devolve into pure anarchy and Godwin's law will be invokable in less than a day.
never really seen anything like this happen in IRC tbh... majority of people there are there because the majority of people aren't there.
once the masses come in, things turn to instant shit. then corporations come in and rape the masses and break everything.
majority of people there are there because the majority of people aren't there
I really like that quote. It's spot on.
You can always tell when someone doesn't understand what Anarchism is when they conflate it with chaos.
The more people in a space, whether that's online or IRL, the more important moderation/regulation becomes
It's one of the big reasons why urban city-dwellers and rural people often have very different politics
That's called 4chan. You can make a version of 4chan on the fediverse but good luck keeping your hosting providers happy when the content stored becomes more and more vile (just read their wikipedia page to find out their troubles with that)
Put it on i2p. Itβs fucking feral there.
nah, even 4chan is actually heavily moderated
Spam is as old as the internet. I think a public service with zero moderation is going to have spam without moderation.
If you like nazi bars with constant arguments and nastiness, sure.
Sure. Briefly.
You mean, is it legally possible? Technically possible? Or are you imagining what would happen if there were no moderators?
There are many public forums that are not actively moderated, in that the administrator responsible for moderating can't be bothered.
Only with some heavy restrictions.
Imagine a forum where you can, by default, only see the messages of people in your allow list.
That way spammers and people with bad intentions will just scream into the void.
Technically, yes, at least insofar as the elimination of a specific 'moderator' position. You could find ways to distribute the duty to users or something, but you still need something to control content or you will end up with something posted which brings government level antagonism.
Anonymous forum?
Or only selected membership?
That sunny episode is a good example of how itβll just get exploited
You'll have another 4chan that way.
Do you want to know what a place is like without moderators? Go find a place called Chat-Avenue. There are chat rooms on there, I know they aren't forums, but there's no moderators in some of them. There is some open pedophilia going on unchecked in that place.
So what I'm saying is that, moderation is needed.
Craigslist?
Yes everyone just abuses the people who are acting up until they stop posting. It works great.
Or, more often, the ones acting up abuse everyone else until they leave. Spam. Porn. Spam. CSAM. Spam.
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I'd be more impressed if you could find someone willing to wade through all that crap.
Yeah, itβs hard work protecting your own space.