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Agreed, while HN does attract more intelligent discussions, there needs to be more ruling with an iron fist. Warning the first time, ban the second.
by overcast 10y ago
Agreed, while HN does attract more intelligent discussions, there needs to be more ruling with an iron fist. Warning the first time, ban the second.
- reitanqild 10y agoNo! That is part of why HN is great: you can say something and get corrected with a few downvotes. I'm all for correctional downvotes even if I get them myself sometimes. Your proposal however will is likely to encourage unnecessary cowardice and political correctness from old accounts and a landslide of throwaways.
- overcast 10y agoThere is a difference between political correctness, and just acting like an asshole. You can state your mind, without blatantly saying something just to get a rise out of everyone else. That's called a debate, not an argument. Throwaways wouldn't get anywhere, because their status needs to be earned through time, and peer review.
- reitanqild 10y ago> You can state your mind, without blatantly saying something just to get a rise out of everyone else. Aha, as long as you are talking about repeat real trolls. (No, I don't share the admiration that some parts of HN seems to have for the old trolls :-)
- DanBC 10y agoIf you think someone is a serial troll you can gather the posts and email dang and sctb to let them know. I don't know if that achieves anything, but it gives them a steer that you want more to be done.