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points by jodrellblank 13 hours ago | 0 comments
> "a member of the self-appointed moderator class"

It isn't self-appointed, everyone is a 'moderator'. And 'everyone' could vote to re-open closed questions.

[–] pixl97 12 hours ago
This generally doesn't work out on public forums unless there is some larger upset in groups of people.

That is, typically the largest consolidated voting group is going to be your moderators. 5 or 6 people with one particular problem don't represent enough voting pressure to re-open any topic.

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