HN would have continued its slide from idealistic libertarianism to extreme right with the rest of US politics without dang occasionally swatting people down fo

HN would have continued its slide from idealistic libertarianism to extreme right with the rest of US politics without dang occasionally swatting people down for using it for ideological battle. It's only moderate because of active effort on the part of the mod and people who bring things out of sync with the guidelines to his attention.