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The official response is that it was flagged heavily. dang notes that climate change submissions have tended to lead to flame wars in the past, so those posts t
by rquantz 11y ago
The official response is that it was flagged heavily. dang notes that climate change submissions have tended to lead to flame wars in the past, so those posts tend to get a lot of flags now.
It's a shame, because I thought the discussion on the post was fairly constructive, and it was an interesting angle. I suppose there are other places to discuss the many many issues surrounding climate change, but I don't know of anywhere with as knowledgeable a user base. I'd like to see HN find a way to keep the topic available for discussion while keeping the discussion civil.
- brudgers 11y agoTo a first approximation, the conversation was fairly constructive compared to the rest of the internet and compared to the rest of HN fairly non-constructive. There's a lot of undesirable behavior for HN by my reckoning. My take is that certain topics attract people who are hell bent on exhibiting a set of undesirable behaviors. It's unfortunate, but HN's smart people are still people. On the bright side there are many amazingly good conversations here.