the only way SN will not have to confront this issue is if it doesn't scale enough for the issue to materialize
This may be correct, but I'm not sure. I think the cost to post is an extreme turn off for these people. They're looking for a place to spew their opinions at everyone without paying a price for it. As long as SN has the highest marginal cost for behaving like that, I think they may keep it elsewhere.
That is perhaps my market utopianism showing though.
You could be right -- that would be an unexpectedly (to me) optimistic outcome. We shall see!
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