Reminds me of the following expression. "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow v

Reminds me of the following expression. "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate." The problem appear to be people have a high expectation from HN. People think that HN to be a discussion platform. But it is actually a PR platform implemented via a discussion forum. Understand that and you ll have no trouble.