By not having an explicit mechanism for combating trolls, it encourages the very best way of fighting them! Well said. I will endeavor to keep the faith. Ther

By not having an explicit mechanism for combating trolls, it encourages the very best way of fighting them! Well said. I will endeavor to keep the faith. There's no question that we must be careful not to break things that seem to be working. I haven't been to Reddit or Digg in over a year, so I have no idea how bad it is out there, but it sounds like HN is still an unusually sane place.