> this can drive self-censorship. Which is a growing problem at large. I suppose it depends on one's perspective. We used to call self-censorship "decorum." T

> this can drive self-censorship. Which is a growing problem at large. I suppose it depends on one's perspective. We used to call self-censorship "decorum." The nature of human beings didn't change when we went online, and sometimes it behooves a person to just read the room before speaking. Because of the karma system, the upvote downvote system, and the user curated flagging system, I would classify Hacker News as a "decorum-friendly" message board where a certain amount of pre-filtering is not only necessary but highly encouraged.