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Check out all the murdered replies. Can the hivemind be trusted with this power?

• dang 5y ago
  I'm not sure what you're referring to, but you're assuming your conclusion by using a word like 'murdered' in any case. In general, there's a lot of space on HN for arguing contrarian or minority views, as long as you're actually using the site as intended, i.e. for curious, thoughtful, respectful conversation. Most accounts that I see complaining that they've been suppressed haven't been doing that to begin with.
  • swayvil 5y ago
    I'm referring to the numerous replies in this thread that have been rendered "dead" (thus "murdered".) via the HN voting/flagging system. Duh. So you think the hivemind makes a good conversation-dictator? I don't.
    • dang 5y ago
      What are some flagkilled comments in this thread that haven't been breaking the site guidelines, such as by calling names or posting flamebait? You're breaking the site guidelines yourself here, btw, including the one asking you to avoid snark ("Duh") and the one that asks you to respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says ("So you think"). https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html