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I'm confused about what you mean by this. See some background on what exactly? Edit: I am asking because I feel like your post is suggesting in a very roundabo
by iamnothere 9y ago
I'm confused about what you mean by this. See some background on what exactly?
Edit: I am asking because I feel like your post is suggesting in a very roundabout way that perhaps the commenters in the thread are not "authentic" for whatever reason. (If this is the case, I have to condemn the implication in the strongest possible terms.) But perhaps I've misunderstood.
- aluhut 9y agoThis comment section is dragging in some reeealy weird comments. I've seen some of them even disappear (deleted by mods?) which is something I haven't seen here in such a drastic way and short time. I would love to see if this is some directed action. Few people? Links leading to here, etc.
- dang 9y agoNot sure what you mean by 'disappear'. Moderators did routine moderation in this thread, much as we do in any other, especially 'hot' ones. I don't see signs that the users who participated were doing so on false premises. When we do see such things, e.g. users replying to themselves with other accounts to skew discussion, we ban them. We do sometimes mark subthreads to be auto-collapsed, usually when there's something about them that is too far outside the scope of the site. That can be because they're off-topic, but also if they're off-spirit, so to speak, in the sense that the spirit of intellectual curiosity is too absent. When that happens, nastier spirits move in, so moderation is needed.