I see this sort of argument a lot and I don't know how true it is. Is it /really/ true that the best contributors are so sensitive? In my experience, these day

I see this sort of argument a lot and I don't know how true it is. Is it /really/ true that the best contributors are so sensitive? In my experience, these days it's actually the worst contributors or those who contribute not at all who are the most sensitive and liable to throw in the towel. I'm sympathetic to your view but there is another risk that by overmoderating or catering to the most sensitive of contributors, HN will be left with non-interesting content, or controversial opinions will be silenced.