The LW 2.0 author moderation system is what blog hosting platforms like Blogger and Substack use, and the bid seems to have been to entice people who got big enough to run their standalone successful blog back to Lesswrong.
I think it was also a desire to get people who liked a steppe style system to post. In particular, I recall Eliezer saying that he wanted a system similar to his Facebook page, where he can just ban an annoying commenter with a couple of clicks and be done with it.
I think it was also a desire to get people who liked a steppe style system to post. In particular, I recall Eliezer saying that he wanted a system similar to his Facebook page, where he can just ban an annoying commenter with a couple of clicks and be done with it.