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> My biggest issue is that controversial opinions are buried. I very rarely see dead comments that did not deserve it (including occasionally my own), and I se
by kergonath 4y ago
> My biggest issue is that controversial opinions are buried.
I very rarely see dead comments that did not deserve it (including occasionally my own), and I see all of them in the threads I read. Do you have any example?
> On any topic, there is an acceptable HN Overton window of acceptable opinions and it skews very Silicon Valley.
Reasonably constructed comments can be downvoted, but are very rarely hidden. And the tone of the community varies dramatically depending on the story and its subject. HN is not a homogenous hive mind.
- filoleg 4y agoAgreed, very similar experience. Once in a while I end up posting a comment that runs counter to the prevailing HN opinion in a given thread, and it would get downvoted. However, I put as much effort in those comments as I do in any other ones, as none of it is trolling or just attempts to be edgy, the comments try to fully abide by HN guidelines. With that in mind, I have never gotten flagged (unless i missed it somehow), despite definitely being downvoted for "unpopular" opinions before (especially in hot-topic US politics adjacent threads). I know that's just a sample size of 1, of course, and I don't doubt there are some who got flagged unjustly. But from my personal experience, it doesn't seem like a common scenario.