I'd say that's probably part of the issue. Devicive mechanisms like that create bubbles / echo chambers.

Whilst I agree with you, I wouldn't enter any phrase with ideological direction like this. Just on principal. I'm not a child. I can do as I please, and I'd simply move on. So then that community doesn't get content from someone like myself, who's going to give some quality discussion (assuming the community is a quality discussion type of community).

I'd say an automod is required. But, how it's used, or abused, will dictate how the community grows.