Seems reasonable to me, if you reduce it to putting the demon to sleep.
The demon is always there. A forum filled with engaging, productive conversation can and will slide back to toxic crap if there isn't something keeping it in check.
It may be "optimized" for engaging conversation, but what does that mean in practice? If it's fully or mostly automated, then it's relying on metrics, and humans will always always always find a way to maximize the score :: effort ratio of any metric. Low effort is incompatible with engaging productive conversation.
If it's done fully or mostly manually, then that means actively keeping that demon snoozing.
The demon is always there. A forum filled with engaging, productive conversation can and will slide back to toxic crap if there isn't something keeping it in check.
It may be "optimized" for engaging conversation, but what does that mean in practice? If it's fully or mostly automated, then it's relying on metrics, and humans will always always always find a way to maximize the score :: effort ratio of any metric. Low effort is incompatible with engaging productive conversation.
If it's done fully or mostly manually, then that means actively keeping that demon snoozing.