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If it was tribalism, the dead posts would be extreme opinions from both sides. The dead posts here are only from one side.
by minikites 5y ago
If it was tribalism, the dead posts would be extreme opinions from both sides. The dead posts here are only from one side.
- wisethrowaway 5y agoWhich reminds you that HN moderation got outsourced to affiliates of the Democratic Party
- dang 5y agoLol. Might be time for me to put together an updated set of these: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26148870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26148870
- chalst 5y agoI don't think you see the whole of the harm done here. Yes, the extreme opinions come from one side, but to deal with it, the non-extremists have to take opinion-suppressing measures. Just the process of recognising and flagging posts that are bad for us is polarising. There's a balance to be struck: I don't like the idea that the extremists determine what interesting content is permissible to discuss on HN. But while bringing attention to and discussing this article is good for consciousness-raising, I think this polarising process is damaging HN.