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HN is quite lightly moderated compared to most forums I can think of. I see lots of boundary-pushing comments survive without getting downvoted. The team runnin
by kevingadd 3y ago
HN is quite lightly moderated compared to most forums I can think of. I see lots of boundary-pushing comments survive without getting downvoted. The team running HN work hard, obviously, and there's some smart tech managing things like the front page, but people are allowed to speak pretty freely on here as long as they adhere to the rules. Punishing rule violations is a little different from moderating speech too, I'd argue.
- ceejayoz 3y ago> Punishing rule violations is a little different from moderating speech too, I'd argue. That seems... hard to argue. The rules are often about speech. HN, for example, has rules about being kind, avoiding flamebait, not sneering, avoiding ideological battle, accusations of astroturfing; the list of restrictions on speech is quite extensive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- paulddraper 3y agoHN is heavily moderated. But generally speaking it is not ideologically moderated. Which makes it feel light.
- shdg7v8y 3y agoGross lies, hn is both heavily moderated and highly ideological and ive had accounts banned for pure ideological reasons. Mods here lie, and allow government shills and others to astro turf. What a joke and ill be silenced.
- paulddraper 3y agoI've posted many controversial on-topic statements. I've been downvoted to hell, but not banned or censored.
- Dylan16807 3y agoIs there a reason you're not linking any examples?
- int_19h 3y agoI think that this is exactly the kind of moderation that most of us want.