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I don't think it was a flamewar comment at all, but I do believe all this, including this style of moderation is really just shutting up honest productive discu

by dheera 5y ago

I don't think it was a flamewar comment at all, but I do believe all this, including this style of moderation is really just shutting up honest productive discussion, and essentially translating to "don't post things that disagree with the majority opinion". I believe this sort of flagging and moderation exacerbates the echo chamber effect. See for example discussion at https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/48890 https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/48890 I edit-deleted the comment in protest of how the community has decided to treat minority opinions, I did not mean to start a flame war.

dang 5y ago
I don't remember what your views are on any of these topics but I'm pretty sure plenty of HN users express views similar close to yours while remaining within the site guidelines: thoughtful, respectful to others, substantive. You don't need snark, swipes, or putdowns—editing them out makes comments better, not worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html p.s. Bookface is a private forum, so a link to it doesn't make much sense in a public place like HN.