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Alternate perspective: it will be flagged down because HN's community has continually proven incapable of having discussions like this without it turning into a
by Kye 4y ago
Alternate perspective: it will be flagged down because HN's community has continually proven incapable of having discussions like this without it turning into a shouting match. It's already happening.
- Sir_Liigmaz 4y agoI don't think that should be as big of a deal as it is. I'm guessing it's because it's bad for publicity/ads but the whole "people are mad at each other in the comments! Shut it down!" thing that has taken over is dumb. Have you ever seen how mad people get at each other on the road? Yeah, people suck when they don't have a face in front of them to remind them its a person on the other side. It's disingenuous to pretend that side of people doesn't exist though.
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoIt's worse when you have a person to attribute it to. A bad driver could be a senile old man. A dumb comment could be from some edgy teenager or $0.50 shill. A functional adult who should know better behaving that way is hard to have sympathy for.
- phantom_of_cato 4y ago> because HN's community has continually proven incapable of having discussions like this without it turning into a shouting match Maybe, but that itself (just like downvote brigading) is a technique used to suppress discussion. Become so "outraged" when others simply state their opinion to make normal discussion impossible. That is an area in which I don't think HN moderation does a good job. They blame people who merely state a controversial opinion for "initiating a flamewar" instead of standing firm against the angry mob and putting emphasis on the importance of keeping a high standard for discussion. Simply being outraged is quite diagonal to curiosity, the core value of HN.
- tayo42 4y agoTo be fair this article doesn't exactly have a mature start.