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The original post was about sexism. If any sub-discussion about sexism is off-topic, why not just delete the entire post?
by clifanatic 10y ago
The original post was about sexism. If any sub-discussion about sexism is off-topic, why not just delete the entire post?
- dang 10y agoIn this case the comment appeared trollish, and appearance of trollishness becomes reality in threads like this. More generally in case you're interested, the thing we look for in moderating this sort of thread—i.e the sort that usually turns into a flamewar—is whether the discussion is staying concrete or whether it is veering into ideological generalities, which have the gravitational pull of black holes and are about as interesting to look at. I posted a bit more about this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12132109 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12132109.