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Originally Posted by NoSanninWa
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To me, moderating is like weeding. I need to get rid of the weeds so that beautiful flowers and yummy vegetables can grow. I weed out redundant threads that get posted again and again because otherwise you won't be able to find and post to the good threads. When there are two threads discussing a show, one needs to be closed so that the other will become stronger and more interesting.
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I wonder if there is any analagy to be had here by constrasting what
NoSanninWa said, with the old man's garden in Earth Girl Arjuna? In the anime, he left his garden to the forces of nature, and while some of the crop was overrun by weeds or eaten by pests, there were some prime examples of great organic produce there. Would we see the same effect on this forum without "weeding"? If we abandoned all moderation, would we produce some of the tastiest posts on the net in amongst the weeds?
Unless your average forum poster is a tomato, I doubt it.