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> we did this after the 2016 election for 1 week Then you probably also remember what clusterfuck that was... I make use of the "hide" button when it starts t

by detaro 5y ago

> we did this after the 2016 election for 1 week Then you probably also remember what clusterfuck that was... I make use of the "hide" button when it starts to annoy me, works for me. (And of course flagging discussions that go totally of the rails, or submissions that are effectively dupes of the same thing is also always an option)

justinzollars 5y ago
Was it? I remember it being peaceful. We purged the topic for 7 days.
grzm 5y ago
That matches my recollection as well. Here's the announcement thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13108404 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13108404 And some follow-up from 'dang at the time: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13516969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13516969 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13522433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13522433 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13516969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13516969 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13463480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13463480