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Some things are social problems that can't be resolved with technology but I don't think reddit's casual racism and sexism is one of them. Borrow from HN: Add s
by brazzledazzle 11y ago
Some things are social problems that can't be resolved with technology but I don't think reddit's casual racism and sexism is one of them. Borrow from HN: Add site-wide flags for content you consider unacceptable that only users with $x comment karma can use. Borrow from Dota 2: If a user is flagged enough don't shadow ban them, just make their comments invisible to everyone except those who are also flagged. They can make their terrible comments to and with each other.
- Karunamon 11y agoFantastic, power users dominating over everyone else. Fantastic, another tool for the perpetually offended to abuse en masse. Doubly broken.
- brazzledazzle 11y agoHN is going to provide the ability to counter-flag as well as moderator intervention in cases of abuse. If your power users are abusing their flagging privilege they lose it.
- Karunamon 11y agoThat will probably work on Hacker News. That will almost certainly not work on Reddit. The scales involved are just not even in the same universe as each other, and that's before any discussion of the corruption or other problems on the latter site.
- 15155 11y agoExpectations are different, IMO, as well. HN is not a free speech zone and does not even try to be one. reddit, inc. executives have previously stated that reddit is a place for free speech.