PG in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1371802 emphasized using social forces rather than technology to shape the community.<p>Those who complain about the content nowadays are actually objecting to the people who upvote that content. One reason this content gets upvoted is that, recursively, it is already on the main page. New users thus, inducting on the main page, will put more such posts up. Insert joke about neural networks learning to identify cloudy days rather than tanks.<p>I think a good source of mores would be the saved stories history of users. For one thing, you know it would be interesting. For another, it would be a great way of teaching by example. But more importantly, it would introduce the vital sense of self-regulation through shame. Who could look at a "fluffless" profile and not blush, knowing that his own profile is full of expressed preference for lolcats and corporate gossip?<p>I know I would toggle this option for my own profile. Knowing that all HN can see when I exhibit fluffiness would be a strong incentive to pay more attention to the community mores.<p>Shit idea?