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I understand the sentiment, but I wonder if ideally the appropriate action would be to moderate/flag the discussion itself, not the existence of the article. I
by mNovak 6y ago
I understand the sentiment, but I wonder if ideally the appropriate action would be to moderate/flag the discussion itself, not the existence of the article.
It seems unfortunate to ghost the article simply in anticipation of a poor discussion. Other contentious topics have been discussed on HN, and I for one would appreciate an objective HN-style discussion of the information presented
- marcinzm 6y agoThe article seems to be allowed now and basically every comment has negative votes. Doesn't matter which side of the fence it's on, everyone is nuking everyone else.
- ThrowawayR2 6y agoThere's only so many hours in the day for the moderators to read posts. Also, allowing political posts would attract those with a political axe to grind instead of hackers, making the problem worse. Please don't ask others to do what you wouldn't be willing to do yourself.