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Its ridiculous to suggest that lgbt content prevents fun videos. Also there is a lot of political content on HN. Its just shit flinging and random off topic ran

Its ridiculous to suggest that lgbt content prevents fun videos. Also there is a lot of political content on HN. Its just shit flinging and random off topic rants that get removed.

rapsey 7y ago
They have a moderation formula and it works. Any social media platform requires it to succeed. That is the reality of today's internet. lgbt content is controversial in huge parts of the world.
- kick 7y ago
  So are Jewish people/content, but surely you wouldn't suggest banning them would be "working" in any way but superficially: that's called racism. Banning people based on innate characteristics that do no harm is wrong, as most people agree.
- Polylactic_acid 7y ago
  Anti discrimination laws exist for a reason. It would be cheaper and easier for businesses to tell disabled customers to go away instead of building a ramp. A club might please its members more by banning black people. But we had decided that this kind of action is a negative to society. Tech companies have just slipped around existing laws. Its time that the laws be updated to include web services. TikTok was also exposed to be shadow banning disabled users.
wanderingjew 7y ago
The president was impeached, and there was no mention of it on HN. To say there is political content on HN is absurd.
- minimaxir 7y ago
  Tech-adjacent politics is allowed, and given current politics it has been happening more frequently. There isn't really a tech angle for the impeachment.
  - kick 7y ago
    Not just tech-adjacent political content, but intellectually-stimulating political content, too.
- deleted 7y ago
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- kick 7y ago
  Political content is allowed as long as it's on-topic for Hacker News. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20politics&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20politics%20on-topic&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Julian Assange, a political prisoner, was on the front page yesterday, for example.

Its ridiculous to suggest that lgbt content prevents fun videos. Also there is a lot of political content on HN. Its just shit flinging and random off topic rants that get removed.

rapsey 7y ago

They have a moderation formula and it works. Any social media platform requires it to succeed. That is the reality of today's internet. lgbt content is controversial in huge parts of the world.

kick 7y ago
So are Jewish people/content, but surely you wouldn't suggest banning them would be "working" in any way but superficially: that's called racism. Banning people based on innate characteristics that do no harm is wrong, as most people agree.
Polylactic_acid 7y ago
Anti discrimination laws exist for a reason. It would be cheaper and easier for businesses to tell disabled customers to go away instead of building a ramp. A club might please its members more by banning black people. But we had decided that this kind of action is a negative to society. Tech companies have just slipped around existing laws. Its time that the laws be updated to include web services. TikTok was also exposed to be shadow banning disabled users.

wanderingjew 7y ago

The president was impeached, and there was no mention of it on HN. To say there is political content on HN is absurd.

minimaxir 7y ago
Tech-adjacent politics is allowed, and given current politics it has been happening more frequently. There isn't really a tech angle for the impeachment.
- kick 7y ago
  Not just tech-adjacent political content, but intellectually-stimulating political content, too.
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kick 7y ago
Political content is allowed as long as it's on-topic for Hacker News. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20politics&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20politics%20on-topic&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Julian Assange, a political prisoner, was on the front page yesterday, for example.