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They can train it on hacker news comments. The moderators' insistence on "civility" above all else makes HN a fantastic dataset for an AI to learn to produce lo
by ForHackernews 6y ago
They can train it on hacker news comments. The moderators' insistence on "civility" above all else makes HN a fantastic dataset for an AI to learn to produce longwinded, superficially-polite apologia for scientific racism, sexism, and whatever other self-satisfied fairy tales wealthy techies like to tell each other.
- prepend 6y agoI’ve never understood a rule of “civility above all else.” I think the above all else is the hacker aspect of discussion and there is also a directive for civility. I don’t think it should be paramount in messaging.
- ForHackernews 6y agoYou can verify it yourself: Pick a thread and go hard at somebody in a critical way. It doesn't matter if you're right or if your criticism is substantive, you'll get @dang dropping in with a "Please don't make comments like this. We're trying to be better than your typical internet community." I assume if you persist, you'll end up banned or shadowbanned.