It's even worse online where just silencing your opponent is considered a victory. HN was particularly bad about this with post flagging a few months ago. It w

It's even worse online where just silencing your opponent is considered a victory. HN was particularly bad about this with post flagging a few months ago. It was weaponized to hide posts which _someone_ disagreed with, even if the post was later restored the hour to twelve it was offline was enough to astroturf debates. I'm seeing less of this since GP started getting his own posts flagged. Shame Dang didn't do his job till his boss told him to.