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If I understand you correctly, it means that we can therefore assume (maybe even as a consensus reality) that civility is a design choice as much as a cultural choice. By designing the site around its users as much as its content, I think hubski facilitates and encourages civil behaviour instead of expecting civil behaviour to occur by itself. That is the reason that there can be good subreddits, but by default they aren't, because you need both a strong community and a way to create and maintain a civil community.