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> Many people don’t like to have to spend time avoiding, deleting, or ignoring communications from douchebags Could the platform the community uses make it eas

• sneak 7y ago
  It's called the ban button, most platforms have one. Despite the lack of formal rules and myriad edge cases, for the general case only, there is broad consensus (in society, not necessarily within small groups) on what constitutes "threads that most people don't want to see [or be subjected to]". A really good example would be Linus calling people fucking stupid, or screaming at them to shut the fuck up. (Note: I know there are people reading this who want to read 100% of what Linus has to say regardless of how mean he is in saying it. That is not a refutation of my claim above, as it does not negate the fact that the vast majority of people in society never want to be spoken to in this manner by anyone, for any reason, least of all for making a small judgement error in software that isn't even "prerelease" yet.)
  • u801e 7y ago
    > It's called the ban button, most platforms have one. Do they? I can flag a post here on HN, or I can report one on reddit or facebook, but that still requires a moderator or forum administrator to handle the issue. In my newsclient, the effect is immediate and only affects my own view of the forum.