LessWrong is no longer even large or active enough for downvoting to be necessary. The activity of posts here is similar to Usenet, which had no moderation.
Usenet, which had no moderation
Some newsgroups were / are moderated. Most of the sci. soc.
Also newsreaders had killfiles so you could ignore people.
Same problems for decades: 4chan → moderation → echo-chamber
LessWrong is no longer even large or active enough for downvoting to be necessary. The activity of posts here is similar to Usenet, which had no moderation.
Some newsgroups were / are moderated. Most of the sci. soc.
Also newsreaders had killfiles so you could ignore people.
Same problems for decades: 4chan → moderation → echo-chamber