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It’s more about social norms than moderation, and frankly things have gotten worse not better. I remember when most posts that posited any “fact” were cited wi
by rm_-rf_slash 6y ago
It’s more about social norms than moderation, and frankly things have gotten worse not better.
I remember when most posts that posited any “fact” were cited with references, and often any lack of sources was responded with a request for supporting documentation.
HN is slowly becoming a brainier alt-Reddit with every snide quip or uncited statement of opinion masquerading as fact.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoThis has been my experience as well, and I've been browsing HN since at least 2009. Downvotes/flagging are used much more heavily to express political disagreement as well now (which biases what gets downvoted due to the left-leaning bias in tech) and I think there is more politics in general (but that is true of media more broadly).