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I frequently see people politely correcting misbehavior on HN. And I'm always astonished to see misbehaved users stand corrected in a polite way. This is unima
by rmbyrro 5y ago
I frequently see people politely correcting misbehavior on HN. And I'm always astonished to see misbehaved users stand corrected in a polite way.
This is unimaginable in most major forums I know.
- headmelted 5y agoI don't think HN gets enough credit for this. I've never tried to moderate a public forum, but given how low the standard of discourse is on the Internet in general I've always taken it for granted that the house rules and the mods here do a fantastic job of keeping threads on point. I'm taking OP's description of "warm" to mean "not hostile", which I think is true. I've seen people throw out baseless insults on front page threads and you can watch them be buried live in real time over the course of about 15 seconds. It's one thing to have a set of civil house rules for a forum, but the community here is much better at enforcing them than any other I've seen in this space.
- rmbyrro 5y agoAgree. I guess HN can be credited for attracting and holding such a community together. Which is what matters in HN, really...
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