[sjmm1989]

> 1. Why don't you have a pirate parrot as a logo? Sqwoooook

It is apt that this is the number 1 question; because it is a very important one. I want to know this too OP.

As per the rest of your comment to OP; I agree with your premise. It's a good question to ask. I remember when Reddit was still new and Digg was the place to be for some random news. And of course let's not forget the countless forums that still exist today even in some cases. Digg still runs; but it's... not the same anymore. And so your question is quite apt, because the reason why I joined up with Reddit long ago; was because it had everything I wanted from both Twitter and Digg. Sort of. It's closer today than it used to be, but even if the UI is better or anything like that; it doesn't matter if the users are toxic.

And thus I wish to bring my own question into this fray for OP as well.

3. What's to keep your community from devolving into the same toxicity of any other community thus far? It may be sort of a same question different pile; but I think this particular matter needs its own special consideration.

To put it simply. What's to keep your community from becoming the next political soap box? What's keeping it to discussion only in such matters, and not full on agitprop via internet communities?

P.S. "Mods/Admins" as an answer doesn't count, since I think we can all agree that they can be biased.