> unless the karma bar is either raised or a lot of malcontents are culled, consensus on controversial topics is likely to be impossible
Well _of course_ consensus on controversial topics is impossible. That's kind of what makes them controversial topics. But how is that related to whether you never even see controversial posts because group-think has not resulted in uncensoring them?
Because it's almost certain someone in that pool is going to be willing to endorse it. It's too fragile a system to allow for groupthink to be enforced.
Well _of course_ consensus on controversial topics is impossible. That's kind of what makes them controversial topics. But how is that related to whether you never even see controversial posts because group-think has not resulted in uncensoring them?