I think one aspect for why this community hasn't suffered from mass trolling and inappropriate topic-creep is that people really want to contribute to this knowledge base. The staff is very active and the general 'feel' of articles and responses are generally positive, helpful, and well-meaning.
So far, IMHO, the dev.to community seems to be genuinely honest and forthright with content overall. There is also some culpability relative to the login method people use -i.e. some vetting has already occurred before persons are a contributing member -making troll campaigns difficult-ish.
Also Unicorns. Unicorns are probably the best invention so far :D
I think one aspect for why this community hasn't suffered from mass trolling and inappropriate topic-creep is that people really want to contribute to this knowledge base. The staff is very active and the general 'feel' of articles and responses are generally positive, helpful, and well-meaning.
So far, IMHO, the dev.to community seems to be genuinely honest and forthright with content overall. There is also some culpability relative to the login method people use -i.e. some vetting has already occurred before persons are a contributing member -making troll campaigns difficult-ish.
Also Unicorns. Unicorns are probably the best invention so far :D
I think you're right on all counts.
But the real question is, why can't we unicorn comments?!