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I thought this was a great comment until the petty jab at the end. Being concerned about this issue and being "disgusted at the idea of Chinese people learning
by dtwest 7y ago
I thought this was a great comment until the petty jab at the end. Being concerned about this issue and being "disgusted at the idea of Chinese people learning science" are clearly different things. Don't let a few bad apples cloud your view of the rest of us.
- knzhou 7y agoHonestly, I've been on a lot of online forums, and Hacker News is by far the most combative and jingoistic I've ever seen.
- dang 7y agoIf you see such comments you should bring them to our attention by flagging them or, in egregious cases, emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com about them. This is something we moderate heavily: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20nationalis&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... I've written extensively about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21195898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21195898 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19404162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19404162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21200971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21200971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21195089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21195089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20741930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20741930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20720787 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20720787 Skew is inevitable on certain issues given that HN demographics are (though highly international) mostly Western. But that doesn't mean that people get to post slurs or use the site for nationalistic flamewar.
- knzhou 7y agoThanks, I do appreciate the even-handed moderation here!