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4chan is a massive massive message forum akin to a common carrier or Google Groups. You are suggesting censoring one of the most active and interesting websites
by aneth 15y ago
4chan is a massive massive message forum akin to a common carrier or Google Groups. You are suggesting censoring one of the most active and interesting websites on the internet. Should we avoid linking to Craigslist because human trafficking takes place on it? Or ebay because piracy takes place on it? Or usenet because - well - pretty much everything happens on it? Or Google, or maybe just the internet as a whole?
The link is on HN because of the interesting thread and has nothing to do with what you are talking about.
- mishmash 15y agoYou didn't address the central point of my comment or offer any reasons as to why the proposed solution would not work. And it's interesting you asked if we should censor Craigslist, Ebay, and Usenet because NONE of those sites/networks receive any meaningful traffic here. It would even be easy to imagine ebay and craigslist being blacklisted.
- aneth 15y agoYour proposed solution involves blanket censorship based on your personal opinions about the nature of a piece of the Internet. There isn't much else to discuss.
- mishmash 15y agoCensoring one site does not a blanket make. And HN already outright "censors" thousands of other sites (via blacklist) and moderates a very high number of other sites. So, you're complaining about censorship on what is likely the most popular highly curated site on the internet. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- aneth 15y agoI'm unaware of any HN blacklist. Reference?
- mishmash 15y agoPG shared it here several years ago, but it looks like all the links in my original submission are dead. He said it was out-of-date at the time so it might be handy for someone to ask him for it again, idk. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=499044 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=499044 edit: my team's last startup was an anonymous social network, ala 4chan + Facebook, so please understand that my current position was formed even after spending years of my life in the chans. Here's the original, but again the links are broke: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=707294 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=707294