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I flagged this in the hope that other moderators will review and retract or at least refine this statement. I do hope that moderator posts that are flagged are
by hdfbdtbcdg 7y ago
I flagged this in the hope that other moderators will review and retract or at least refine this statement. I do hope that moderator posts that are flagged are reviewed by a different moderator?
We are surely not supposed to be here to reach consensus but to discuss issue.
This is a deep topic and people disagree on fundamental levels. In order to express themselves clearly they have to start from the beginning.
- icebraining 7y agoThere are two HN moderators, dang and sctb, and I'm sure the two are in agreement when dang speaks in the plural. dang didn't say the problem was the failure to reach a consensus, but that there is no discussion, only angry dissension.
- dang 7y agoI agree that it's a deep topic and that people disagree on fundamental levels. Unfortunately, that's not enough to make for minimally acceptable discussion, i.e. something better than repetitive flamewar. In managing this site, that's one of the main things we have to watch out for. The topics may be incredibly important but what good is that if we blow ourselves up trying to deal with them?