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Scott Adams has some pretty crazy, extremist things to say. Recently someone else quoted a couple of them and was flagged and criticized by a moderator for prov
by hackuser 10y ago
Scott Adams has some pretty crazy, extremist things to say. Recently someone else quoted a couple of them and was flagged and criticized by a moderator for provoking a flame war (the only inflammatory comments in the post were Adams'). I think the credibility of the speaker is very important to any topic, but I'm not sure how to address it here.
- candiodari 10y agoExtremist is ... not useful. Yes he supports (not 100% even) Trump, but extremist ? Be serious. I think the point of the article is that twitter is randomized shadowbanning (visible to 1% or so of people who explicitly look at his account actually see his posts) based on political viewpoints.
- hackuser 10y agoHe is extremist. Again, it's clear from the moderators that quoting his extremist statements is undesireable, but it limits our conversation. You can find the quotes in this discussion if you know how to look: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13604551 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13604551
- grzm 10y agoQuotes can be used for different purposes. I suspect that you can use a quote in a civil, constructive way as an example, though it might just be better to find a reference to point to. In the case you're referring to here, the commenter was intentionally bringing up an inflammatory quote to discredit the parent comment, taking the thread completely off track from what had been a relatively civil discussion, which is what the mod pointed out (as did other commenters in the thread).
- r00fus 10y agoIf I'm ever unsure about the source, I just go down to the comments to see the bias and signal/noise ratio.
- koonsolo 10y agoFunny how supporting the democratically elected president is considered extreme.
- hackuser 10y agoNot what I meant. See here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13647807 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13647807