Predictions and Conspiracy Theories
10 min
The Purity Spiral: How Reddit Moderators "Canceled" Space and Why Your Community Could Be Next
NASA astronaut Don Pettit published a unique photo of Earth from the ISS, but a moderator deleted it for "low quality." This is not a mistake, but a diagnosis. Sociologists call this the "Purity Spiral" - a mechanism that turns lively groups into totalitarian sects. We explore why in the pursuit of rules we lose common sense, how volunteers start demanding celebrity status, and why even Rust