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You "have to ban" people who express an opinion? I've seen people say far worse on here.
by Paul-Craft 2y ago
You "have to ban" people who express an opinion? I've seen people say far worse on here.
- dang 2y agoIf you see a post that ought to have been moderated but hasn't been, the likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it. We don't come close to reading everything on HN; there's far too much. You can help by flagging it or emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=likeliest%20explanation%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
- Paul-Craft 2y agoI'm saying I don't think this comment you've flagged yourself "ought to have been moderated." Louis Rothman is a public figure. There doesn't seem to be any rule against attacking public figures ... or is there? If so, when and how does it kick in? Also, just call them "rules." Calling them "guidelines" implies they can be broken occasionally if there's a good reason. It's misleading.
- dang 2y agoThe GP comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242447 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40242447) was flagged by users—lots of them, and rightly. It's a clear example of what we don't want on this site: personal attack, name-calling and snark, with zero interesting information. It doesn't matter whether the target is a public figure, because the issue is the poor quality of the comment itself. You're right that they're "guidelines" not "rules" because there's a certain amount of slack. But in the current case, the comment went way beyond the slack.