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How do you then suggest discussing matters of fact, which are nevertheless still inflammatory? I was completely appealed when I saw an article on Holodomor few
by baybal2 6y ago
How do you then suggest discussing matters of fact, which are nevertheless still inflammatory?
I was completely appealed when I saw an article on Holodomor few month ago being both flagged, and flamewared to death right on Holodomor's remembrance day.
To me it very much appeared as a book burning for the sake of "civilized discourse"
- kstenerud 6y agoIt depends on how important it is to the stakeholders. Anything that generates enough emotion to cause a flamewar isn't going to have intelligent, civilised discussion, so then you have to decide: - As the platform owner, do you want flamewars on your site? - As a participant, do you want to engage in fruitless, emotionally charged discussion that will inevitably go nowhere because of human nature? - Or is the topic too important to ignore? On HN, for example, dang has already made it clear that flamewars will be buried regardless of topic. I can respect that sort of compromise as a defence against the nastier parts of human nature in order to keep the site a step above 4chan and reddit, even if it's not the ideal of fairness.
- baybal2 6y agoThe third point. What if a fear of the thread being hijacked by flamewar prevents debating really important topics?