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No, it's called paying attention and forming judgments from copious amounts of personal empirical data and drawing conclusions from that. I was pretty concerned

No, it's called paying attention and forming judgments from copious amounts of personal empirical data and drawing conclusions from that. I was pretty concerned when the kelp disappeared and the urchin barrens arrived, but it's pretty remarkable to see firsthand how the system has returned to the previous equilibrium so quickly. Why am I the only person in this thread who has firsthand experience about this phenomena yet everyone wants to talk about it as a jumping off point for their straw-boogeymen about America, capitalism, and religiosity?

adventured 7y ago
First, I appreciate the comment you made, which is fortunately at the top of the thread right now. I don't understand why HN hasn't banned the America Bad comments by now given their prevalence in so many threads. It would not be tolerated if it were directed at most any other nation (China still gets a lot of that type of nation-level ad hominem commenting). Such low quality comments never contribute positively to a thread. People seem to throw them in as a cheap excuse to attack the US via tangents that are usually only connected to the discussion at a bare minimum level. And simultaneously they seem to often directly or indirectly insult the OP they're responding to in the process.
- NotSammyHagar 7y ago
  You seriously want to ban comments about limitations in America? Because america is really great or something? I read your comment and I think it's serious, please elaborate why comments about the us should be treated differently.
- dang 7y ago
  The moderation comments we post against nationalistic flamebait and slurs are the same for all countries. I've posted many such comments in response to comments talking about the US, India, China, Russia, South Africa, you name it. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20national&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... If you see a comment that hasn't been moderated that should have been, the likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it. We don't (can't) read everything that gets posted here. You can help by flagging it and, in egregious cases, emailing us a heads-up at hn@ycombinator.com.

adventured 7y ago

First, I appreciate the comment you made, which is fortunately at the top of the thread right now. I don't understand why HN hasn't banned the America Bad comments by now given their prevalence in so many threads. It would not be tolerated if it were directed at most any other nation (China still gets a lot of that type of nation-level ad hominem commenting). Such low quality comments never contribute positively to a thread. People seem to throw them in as a cheap excuse to attack the US via tangents that are usually only connected to the discussion at a bare minimum level. And simultaneously they seem to often directly or indirectly insult the OP they're responding to in the process.

NotSammyHagar 7y ago
You seriously want to ban comments about limitations in America? Because america is really great or something? I read your comment and I think it's serious, please elaborate why comments about the us should be treated differently.
dang 7y ago
The moderation comments we post against nationalistic flamebait and slurs are the same for all countries. I've posted many such comments in response to comments talking about the US, India, China, Russia, South Africa, you name it. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20national&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... If you see a comment that hasn't been moderated that should have been, the likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it. We don't (can't) read everything that gets posted here. You can help by flagging it and, in egregious cases, emailing us a heads-up at hn@ycombinator.com.