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Meta: I was curious to see a dead comment by user redis_mlc here, and also seeing their history about 80% of their comments had the same status. The contents ho
by okamiueru 5y ago
Meta: I was curious to see a dead comment by user redis_mlc here, and also seeing their history about 80% of their comments had the same status. The contents however seemed fine. What's going on here?
- lordnacho 5y agoI've turned on dead comments for that exact reason. A lot of them seem totally innocuous. You do get the occasional spam though.
- okamiueru 5y agoHow do you turn on dead comments?
- ttonkytonk 5y agoGo to your user screen and select "yes" in the dropbox next to "showdead".
- okamiueru 5y agoOh my, time to get some more sleep. I swear I saw through the list a few times. In any case. Thanks.
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- the-dude 5y agoI assume he has been shadow banned. Comments which are not completely dead have been 'vouched' ?
- lioeters 5y agoI noticed that user too, and was "impressed" how most of their comments are downvoted to death. Some of them might have deserved it, but others seem totally normal. I guess they're expressing strong and unpopular opinions..?
- ianleeclark 5y agoThere's a fair bit of antagonism and peculiar beliefs from what I saw. Referring to HN as "mostly Marxist" is a prime example.
- gffbkugf 5y agothat may just be because hn is neolib city
- xupybd 5y agoYeah the comments are all political and some are less than friendly in their tone. I've found that going too partisan on HN ends in down votes. I'd probably agree with some of the politics they're pushing but I'd avoid bringing that discussion here. It doesn't fit with the rules here and I think the rules here are responsible for one of the friendliest environments online.
- inglor_cz 5y agoPlus, it is likely untrue as well. I am a kid from behind the Iron Curtain and I met quite a bit of Marxist thinking in the real world, including former Communist ideologues (I mean, people who were paid by the Central Committee to develop and spread the ideology full time, not just amateurs). But HN does not seem to be "mostly Marxist", though there are a few "eat the rich" commenters, as everywhere; but definitely a minority. American Reddit seems, on average, quite a lot more left leaning than HN. I guess programmers are too individualist to be attracted to Marxism en masse. Also, highly paid employees tend to feel the brunt of the current Western taxation policy, because they have fewer loopholes to use and they tend to live in high CoL areas at the same time.
- naruvimama 5y agoMarxist can mean many things. It is clear in the former soviet states or in the western world. However, Marxism is a global project. In India for instance Marxists are mercenaries for hire. The network built by the soviets and later coopted by the Americans have their tentacles deep in the English press and universities. So they do control school textbooks and the minds of the English educated urban kids. But sooner or later kids figure out this propaganda. And anyway social "sciences" is not what the bright kids aspire to learn.
- tinus_hn 5y agoIf you ever wonder about this, you can mail the moderators using the link in the footer, they’ll look into it. Typically there is a reason for it but you can still vouch for individual comments.
- skinkestek 5y agoTypically in those cases I think it is someone who just won't stop posting inflammatory comments on certain topics even though they are otherwise interesting. If someone is willing to stop doing that they can email the mods and often get another chance. Dang even use to point it out while banning someone.