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As a concrete example, the person who posted this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36231243 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36231243 should have been
by howinteresting 3y ago
As a concrete example, the person who posted this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36231243 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36231243 should have been immediately banned and made an example out of, and the people who challenged them should be unflagged.
> These seem like meaningless token gestures to be honest.
They're not meaningless gestures! Thry stake out a clear position on controversial topics with all the attendant effects.
- arp242 3y agoBut it is moderated away, via user flags, and you can't even see it unless showdead is on. You can't really judge things based on this IMHO, because you're essentially judging a community based on posts it removed. Whether or not they should be banned just for this: I don't know – maybe? It's not a new account and I didn't check their history, who knows what they meant with "colored"? I'm guessing dang never even saw it; there are hundreds if not thousands of posts every day! Killing the entire thread was probably a good thing though; there is nothing productive there.
- howinteresting 3y agoWell, my posts have been moderated away as well. So maybe "moderated away" isn't a great filter.