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Is it appropriate to flag HN comments that are so blatantly wrong like the one you replied to? If YouTube is taking down misinformation, is HN doing the same?
by freehunter 7y ago
Is it appropriate to flag HN comments that are so blatantly wrong like the one you replied to? If YouTube is taking down misinformation, is HN doing the same?
- knzhou 7y agoThere's an endless flood of these bad comments. I'm just going through them (a new one posted every 2 minutes) and making the same rebuttal. People are stupid -- especially people who think they're smart contrarians.
- ColanR 7y ago> I'm just going through them and making the same rebuttal. > People are stupid -- especially people who think they're smart contrarians. Speak for yourself.
- knzhou 7y agoI'm being completely earnest here. You might not believe this, but some "contrarians" are so braindead that they get their news from 4chan. It's a serious problem.
- ColanR 7y agoAs I mentioned in a few posts elsewhere in this page, 4chan was a better source of information than the WHO back in January. You might be in earnest, but you're behaving like a contrarian who thinks they know more than they do. "You have become the very thing you sought to destroy."
- dependenttypes 7y agoThat does not seem much worse than using NYT for example.
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- stevebmark 7y agoI've never seen anyone be consistent in their kneejerk cries of "but free speech!" They still want moderation, banning, and silencing, especially of their critics. They want ideas removed from the spotlight they don't agree with. They say that the moderation that every platform needs to thrive is a "slippery slope" while already sliding down it
- dependenttypes 7y ago> I've never seen anyone be consistent in their kneejerk cries of "but free speech!" You are not looking hard enough then.