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This increase of extreme assault on free-speech platforms should be worrying to everyone. Not too long ago, we were hailing the "internet" as a free fair space.
by throwawei369 6y ago
This increase of extreme assault on free-speech platforms should be worrying to everyone. Not too long ago, we were hailing the "internet" as a free fair space. Now it is a free fair space ... for everyone but some kind of people.
I'm for free speech but this specific kind of targeted attacks is getting out of hand.
- throwawei369 6y agoExhibit A. HN downvoting this comment to hell
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- woutr_be 6y agoIf HN removed your comment it could be seen as an exhibit A. But you being downvoted has nothing to do with free speech, you’re still allowed to say what you wanted, but if people disagree, they have the right to downvote you.
- throw_away892 6y agoExcept I (throwawei) had to login to another account (this one) to reply you as the downvotes triggered some soft ban limit on the account from replying/commenting. So much for free speech... I would post photos holding today's newspaper to prove ownership of both accounts. Probably not worth the trouble anyway
- woutr_be 6y agoYou got banned because some automated system might’ve concluded you were a bot or spam account. You didn’t get banned because of the context of your speech. (At least not to my knowledge)
- throwawei369 6y agoOh. How convenient this automated system concluded I was a bot right immediately after the above comment received downvotes... I checked and there's no mention anywhere on HN guidelines about bans/limitations. This info should be made available to users. Anyway maybe am asking too much from HN....
- ggggtez 6y agoHN Rules: don't comment on being downvoted. It's not interesting.
- throw_away892 6y agoHN Commandments: pray you don't offend the rain gods. Your karma will be wiped away in a furiously terrible flood.
- kodah 6y agoThey're called guidelines not rules or commandments. People violate them all the time and get away with it and I'm pretty sure that's why they're called guidelines. There's one person moderating here and that's dang. I've had plenty of pushback for both the left and the right I've got no shortage of karma.
- throw_away892 6y agoKinda new on here but am loving the bare bones feel to the forum. The karma bit in my previous comment was added as a sarcastic aid. I personally don't care much for gaining karma. Thank you for this extra context. Very helpful.
- kodah 6y agoIt's the last place where curiosity is not only allowed but encouraged to flourish. It's a special place. I figured you were joking but there's been a lot of green handles around lately and they may not get it. I hear there can be a massive culture shock coming to HackerNews so sometimes calling out the obvious can be helpful. Get yourself a real handle and join the community officially!
- o_p 6y agoThe free speech of facsists shouldnt be protected, Im glad there are hackers doing the right thing
- neilsense 6y ago"fascist" is such an easy word to use without really knowing what it means, slowly degrading its power.
- pii 6y agoDefinition of fascism 1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
- duemti 6y agoLiterally the left incarnated nowadays.
- notsureaboutpg 6y agoBoth parties put either nation or race above the individual and want autocracy
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoHave you been on twitter lately?
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- flipcoder 6y ago> forcible suppression of opposition You mean like... censorship?
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- Miner49er 6y agoIdk, if we are gonna be more libertarian with speech, why not do the same for hacking? It's really not much of a crime compared to a lot of other things and is arguably a form of speech.