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Completely ridiculous. The next step is Facebook hellbanning people for "inappropriate comments".
by tree_of_item 14y ago
Completely ridiculous. The next step is Facebook hellbanning people for "inappropriate comments".
- slig 14y agoIsn't that exactly what happens here?
- BlackJack 14y agoWhat is the point of that comparison? The purpose of HN is very different from the purpose of Facebook. On this site, comments are everything - they define the site. Joel Spolsky gave an interesting talk on the "Cultural Anthropology of StackExchange" where he talks about the importance of keeping people out as a tool for building communities. The prime example was StackExchange vs. Yahoo Answers.