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Nice, instaflag rather than have the courage to reply. Might makes right, right? The bubble tends to have that effect on people.
by useragent86 7y ago
Nice, instaflag rather than have the courage to reply. Might makes right, right? The bubble tends to have that effect on people.
- kick 7y agoA single flag doesn't bring a comment down. It means that more than one person found your comment in poor enough taste to flag it. It was a bad comment, and hurt the quality of the site. Personal attacks are not allowed on Hacker News. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20personal%20attack&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- useragent86 7y agoA deeply nested comment like that would not be so flagged by multiple users in a couple of minutes, especially on an article that garnered a total of 54 points and 70 comments. Not enough eyeballs to do that. You call it a personal attack--I call it a logical observation: one who advocates authoritarianism is a tyrant. Of course, authoritarian tyrants don't like to be called so. "Hurtful" and "problematic" opinions must be shamed. HN ought to be concerned with the proliferation of authoritarianism rather than calling it out. Oppression flourishes where honest criticism is not allowed. "Democracy dies in darkness," right?