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Respectfully, I disagree and have flagged the comment accordingly. I think my flag is appropriate because the comment contains blatant misinformation. While I

Respectfully, I disagree and have flagged the comment accordingly. I think my flag is appropriate because the comment contains blatant misinformation. While I tend to assume that the author is operating in good faith, I think they’re parroting misinformation that does not belong on HN. Easy example: Trump’s Twitter ban was not “unsubstantiated”, it was clearly explained with direct examples [0]. I’m open to dissenting opinions on what action was appropriate, but the idea that the ban was “unsubstantiated” is unambiguously misinformation. Zooming out, I’m happy to have HN host opinions that I strongly disagree with, but outright misinformation should not be allowed. [0]: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspensio...

OJFord 5y ago
That's a fair point about Trump on Twitter, but IMO that's a reason to disagree, and offer a counter-argument, not to flag. (Again, to be clear I don't really care one way or the other about anyone's feelings pro- or anti-Trump, his presidency had very little impact on me, outside the US, and no longer matters at all.)
throwawaysea 5y ago
Twitter’s own post announcing Trump’s ban, which you linked to, doesn’t contain any specific evidence showing he incited trespassing or rioting at the Capitol. It literally has zero real evidence and instead points at unrelated random points like Trump’s choice to not attend Biden’s inauguration as evidence. It literally suggests that his use of the phrase “American patriots” is inciting violence. That is absolutely not evidence of anything except Twitter’s far left bias. Your comment is unambiguously, misinformation, and only strengthens my point about politically biased tech companies influencing political campaigns. If any foreign actor did this, we would be labeling it “propaganda”.

OJFord 5y ago

That's a fair point about Trump on Twitter, but IMO that's a reason to disagree, and offer a counter-argument, not to flag. (Again, to be clear I don't really care one way or the other about anyone's feelings pro- or anti-Trump, his presidency had very little impact on me, outside the US, and no longer matters at all.)

throwawaysea 5y ago

Twitter’s own post announcing Trump’s ban, which you linked to, doesn’t contain any specific evidence showing he incited trespassing or rioting at the Capitol. It literally has zero real evidence and instead points at unrelated random points like Trump’s choice to not attend Biden’s inauguration as evidence. It literally suggests that his use of the phrase “American patriots” is inciting violence. That is absolutely not evidence of anything except Twitter’s far left bias. Your comment is unambiguously, misinformation, and only strengthens my point about politically biased tech companies influencing political campaigns. If any foreign actor did this, we would be labeling it “propaganda”.