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Unfortunately for you, people have been using neutral language to start daily flame-wars and getting away with it.
by ksk 7y ago
Unfortunately for you, people have been using neutral language to start daily flame-wars and getting away with it.
- dang 7y agoIt's easy to make grand claims like that. Where are the links? It's not ok for anyone to start flamewars on HN, and lord knows I spend enough of my life telling people so. If you see a post that ought to have been moderated but hasn't been, the likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it. We don't come close to seeing everything that gets posted here. You can help by flagging it or emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com.
- ksk 7y agoOh, I meant it half in jest. I definitely don't want your job ;) For e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22703219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22703219 Commenter labels a legitimate company as "skeezy", uses needlessly insulting language to polarize discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22703881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22703881 Commenter uses the usual government trope to polarize discussion.
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- dang 7y agoAh ok! Actually I mostly agree with you about those comments. They lead to predictably worse discussion. However, they're in a different category than the more egregious kind that we post moderation responses to.