From a social psychology-perspective, I think we are far more fragile than you suggest here, but I'm not in team "make facebook responsible for the moderation o

From a social psychology-perspective, I think we are far more fragile than you suggest here, but I'm not in team "make facebook responsible for the moderation of political speech", and I don't want to derail the conversation. That being said: while HN's audience likes to think of itself as less gullible than the average internet-user, there is no escape from social proof et al.; see the prevalence of the appendix "/s" -- on the internet, no one knows if you're serious, and whenever you contribute to political topics, it's probably wiser to play it safe (instead of going for the luls), because someone will get it wrong. And, looking at brexit or the last U.S. election, i'd have thought it became more than clear that we need to refine "our game"; you were not part of an "american interference conspiracy", but you did interfere, take from that what you will