I don't see a lot of wank at the slash pile. There are differences of opinion and an occasional hackle is raised, but that's all. I don't know why this is the case. Possibly because: 1. the purpose of the community is well-defined: 2. the mods set a good tone from the beginning: and 3. there's a set format for recommendations, so no room for feeling slighted because you didn't get as fancy a review as someone else, or whatever. I really think you can do worse than model a community on the slash pile.