“any feed on the internet from the first day of the internet until I'm sure the last day of the internet... is you know it's damage control like if anyone can show up... it's going to either be a ghost town or it's going to be a bit of a cesspool... we have algorithms that make sure that things that the community votes on or the things that typically get seen there's a lot of stuff that's unsavory beneath the surface we have human moderators”

Moderate a community like a spam team

Every open forum trends toward ghost town or cesspool without active damage control. Run your community like a spam team: algorithmic ranking on community votes, PLUS human moderators catching what slips through. Assume the most motivated members will game any system you build — high-initiative people are inherently rule-benders.