The conundrum of echo chambers is that the term is a misnomer. It is tribalism. We all want to belong in our tribe by animal instinct. We are not fully capable of belonging to a tribe that encompasses all minutia within the human experience. We need tribalism for so many reasons beyond conflict such as the emotional and social support it provides. The primary issue is how these tribes evolve and the measures in place to moderate them at multiple levels. There are many dangerous tribes. So the question is who is doing the steering and what are their motivations. This is a simulacrum of democracy. Is your tribe steered by its members, or by some individual? Is leadership done by a meritocracy, cronyism, anarchism, or authoritarianism. This is why I say, “a bad mod/admin is a visible mod/admin.” A democratic leader is one that serves the people. It is like a job of a CEO that does a daily job as the anonymous janitor. If the leader of a tribe is visible, the steering is active, and the ongoing motivations of such individuals must remain an active concern because they are dangerous.