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> Literally the entire functioning of the last somewhat civil, fully moderated, independent, anon-friendly board on the internet in 2021 I recognize an hyperb

> Literally the entire functioning of the last somewhat civil, fully moderated, independent, anon-friendly board on the internet in 2021 I recognize an hyperbole when I see one, but this one is kinda of a big one.

mohanmcgeek 5y ago
To be honest, This is definitely more civil than other forums on the internet which have essentially become silos of their political leaning. Even the people who disagree with you here are polite. There are your occasional reddit-style "cool" sounding snarky comments every now and then. But decent overall
noduerme 5y ago
Name one that's apolitical, anonymous, and personally moderated post by post? Some reddit subs might fit the bill, or some car enthusiast forums or something where wide-ranging conversations are banned. But this is a hard, hard thing to mod. I don't think we have anything else like it these days. That's why I'm actually here.
- fragmede 5y ago
  off the top of my head: metafilter.com, lobste.rs, something awful,
  - Banana699 5y ago
    metafilter is anything but apolitical, they literally ban differences of opinion.
  - glenstein 5y ago
    I think tildes, and the main instance of Lemmy count as well.
- falseanon3000 5y ago
  That's rich, HN blocks all posts from VPN and flags all new account posts which are hidden until approved. Like this one.
- peoplefromibiza 5y ago
  > Name one that's apolitical, anonymous, and personally moderated post by post? There are literally millions of forums out there. On any topic. Even simply statistically speaking, there's a ton like that.
  - noduerme 5y ago
    There are a few I'm in that really moderate. One is for owners of old Datsuns. One is for pedal steel guitar players ($5 per year, just to keep out the junk). That's okay if you're running a PHP forum with a couple thousand users, a few dozen concurrents at most. Modding this thing as one or a few people? That's a whole 'nother animal.
    - peoplefromibiza 5y ago
      > Modding this thing as one or a few people? That's a whole 'nother animal But does this make HN truly unique? I don't think it does. If the OP said "among the forums I'm in HN is the only one that ..." I'd have nothing to object.
      - noduerme 5y ago
        To me it's the one thing that truly does. I've been here ten years and I think the moderation is the unsung reason it's survived and manages to keep going. It's actually not obvious at all how personal and deep the moderation is until you get on the wrong side of it. If you've never been banned, it's like the invisible protocol that keeps communication flowing smoothly; you don't ask what that protocol is if it doesn't break down. It's quite subtle, at times almost sublime in that it's capable of weighing humanity against dread/mob/internet. So in my observation over many years, I think that is definitely what has made this site unique.
- xiphias2 5y ago
  r/science is not that bad, well moderated...I know it because I was banned there quite fast for not being scientific enough :) Though the psychology part of r/science is too much, much less scientific and more biased to a political view
  - noduerme 5y ago
    A life of banning and being banned makes you who you are today. It's called civilization. And of course, when you get your first lesson you yell about other people having bent a rule or two; then later bending some rules is something you earn as a privilege. I was an angry child in the 80s ;)

mohanmcgeek 5y ago

To be honest, This is definitely more civil than other forums on the internet which have essentially become silos of their political leaning. Even the people who disagree with you here are polite. There are your occasional reddit-style "cool" sounding snarky comments every now and then. But decent overall

noduerme 5y ago

Name one that's apolitical, anonymous, and personally moderated post by post? Some reddit subs might fit the bill, or some car enthusiast forums or something where wide-ranging conversations are banned. But this is a hard, hard thing to mod. I don't think we have anything else like it these days. That's why I'm actually here.

fragmede 5y ago
off the top of my head: metafilter.com, lobste.rs, something awful,
- Banana699 5y ago
  metafilter is anything but apolitical, they literally ban differences of opinion.
- glenstein 5y ago
  I think tildes, and the main instance of Lemmy count as well.
falseanon3000 5y ago
That's rich, HN blocks all posts from VPN and flags all new account posts which are hidden until approved. Like this one.
peoplefromibiza 5y ago
> Name one that's apolitical, anonymous, and personally moderated post by post? There are literally millions of forums out there. On any topic. Even simply statistically speaking, there's a ton like that.
- noduerme 5y ago
  There are a few I'm in that really moderate. One is for owners of old Datsuns. One is for pedal steel guitar players ($5 per year, just to keep out the junk). That's okay if you're running a PHP forum with a couple thousand users, a few dozen concurrents at most. Modding this thing as one or a few people? That's a whole 'nother animal.
  - peoplefromibiza 5y ago
    > Modding this thing as one or a few people? That's a whole 'nother animal But does this make HN truly unique? I don't think it does. If the OP said "among the forums I'm in HN is the only one that ..." I'd have nothing to object.
    - noduerme 5y ago
      To me it's the one thing that truly does. I've been here ten years and I think the moderation is the unsung reason it's survived and manages to keep going. It's actually not obvious at all how personal and deep the moderation is until you get on the wrong side of it. If you've never been banned, it's like the invisible protocol that keeps communication flowing smoothly; you don't ask what that protocol is if it doesn't break down. It's quite subtle, at times almost sublime in that it's capable of weighing humanity against dread/mob/internet. So in my observation over many years, I think that is definitely what has made this site unique.
xiphias2 5y ago
r/science is not that bad, well moderated...I know it because I was banned there quite fast for not being scientific enough :) Though the psychology part of r/science is too much, much less scientific and more biased to a political view
- noduerme 5y ago
  A life of banning and being banned makes you who you are today. It's called civilization. And of course, when you get your first lesson you yell about other people having bent a rule or two; then later bending some rules is something you earn as a privilege. I was an angry child in the 80s ;)