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Happy to see hn is moderated against blasphemy, how progressive!

• dang 5y ago
  Obviously we don't care about that. We care about having HN threads stay above the bottom of the internet barrel, to the extent possible. If you would please stop creating accounts to break HN's guidelines with, we'd be grateful. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • lobocinza 5y ago
    Censuring is the shortest way to the bottom.
    • dang 5y ago
      People use the word "censor" in many different ways that it's not always clear what they mean by it. We don't moderate HN comments because of the views they express; we moderate for comment quality and adherence to the site guidelines. In the vast majority of cases where we moderate a comment, it's not because of the view it expresses, but because it expressed it in a way that's destructive of the culture we want here (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). You can call that censorship if you like, but I don't think it's what the word classically means. In most cases there are other commenters expressing the same view thoughtfully and substantively, and those comments don't get moderated at all. I think we can say after 10+ years of working with this strategy that it definitely isn't "the shortest way to the bottom" - quite the opposite.