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I agree. I guess it’s just not dogmatic. Moderators and HNers are very strict about being constructive on more political topics.
by bitexploder 5y ago
I agree. I guess it’s just not dogmatic. Moderators and HNers are very strict about being constructive on more political topics.
- bopbeepboop 5y agoThat’s the story. In actuality, even factual and cited posts will get you shadowbanned if your opinion is contrary to the mainstream (on HN) narrative. I think it’s more “conforming” than “constructive”.
- godshatter 5y agoJust for the record, the reply to this comment by bopbeepboop that was downvoted to "dead" status is a good example of the type of downvoting I disagree with. I also understand that this isn't my site, and that I have no control over the behavior of others on this site. I'm just putting that out there.
- gus_massa 5y agoAbout bopbeepboop: The comment was not flagged, the account is banned. Look at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26735029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26735029 near the end of the tread, the post by dang A good trick is to go to the comment history, and search until you find the last streak of not dead comments. It's fine to vouch the [dead] comments (if they are fine), and enough vouch unkill the comment. In the case of bopbeepboop it looks like many of the comments were vouched.
- godshatter 5y agoOK, I guess I was working under the assumption that the comment was dead because it was downvoted enough times. My bad.
- jjav 5y ago> It's fine to vouch the [dead] comments (if they are fine) How does one do that? Haven't seen any option to do that.
- gus_massa 5y agoClick on the time/age of the comment (currently "3 hours ago") and you will get a direct link to the comment with more options, like "vouch" and "flag".