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> Pragmatically if it stops a spam burden, I don't much care. I doubt there are people/bots spamming about jerking off on HN. It makes me wonder why this rule
by OnlineGladiator 4y ago
> Pragmatically if it stops a spam burden, I don't much care.
I doubt there are people/bots spamming about jerking off on HN.
It makes me wonder why this rule was implemented.
- idiotsecant 4y agoThere are porn bots in the comments section of my personal website that like 5 people have ever read. HN is a big website, I'm sure spam is a major problem.
- function_seven 4y agoI browse with showdead turned on. I never see porn spam. You could say maybe those comments are completely removed, but then that wouldn’t explain the graying out of comments with “masturbation” in them.
- ggm 4y agoIf an option to see something exists and is published I don't personally think you can call it censorship. This is a curated space. Dang and others get to make choices, it's part of the implicit social contract here. I'm not a free speech reductionist, it should be clear. I think pragmatically speaking that if the filters were made, there was a reason and if the filters can be turned off, there's very little of substance here to comment on.