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> Controversial topics almost cannot be discussed on HN because it only takes a few people to vanish the post for good. feature not a bug
by Lewton 6y ago
> Controversial topics almost cannot be discussed on HN because it only takes a few people to vanish the post for good.
feature not a bug
- jb775 6y agoThis works for technical topics, but quickly falls apart in certain topics of conversation. When a user-base skews one way politically, this is a terrible feature. People are blind to the fact they're chiseling their own echo chamber. Edit: how is downvoting political opinions (and therefore reducing the post's visibility) beneficial to anyone? It's a shallow way to make the down-voter feel good temporarily, and dissuades actual discussion of other philosophies. At the very least, political downvotes should require a response.