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Thread devolved into petty politics quicker than expected.
by bnastic 2y ago
Thread devolved into petty politics quicker than expected.
- oittaa 2y agoI tried to search faq how to block people but couldn't find any info. How do I do that? If it's not possible, I'm pretty sure this site is breaking the EU social media laws.
- JacobThreeThree 2y agoThere's no "block user" requirement in the EU DSA.
- akvadrako 2y agoThe site doesn't need to follow the laws of every country on earth. If they had paid advertisers from EU it would be different.
- mise_en_place 2y agoHN is a pretty high trust site, I'd hope the community is still mature enough to self-moderate. Then again I was here when Terry would post his (admittedly) entertaining rants, the epic Michael O'Church essays, and flamewars between idlewords and pg. Maybe it always allowed for a little bit of funposting, in moderation.
- shkkmo 2y agoWhich EU laws do you think mandate a 'block' feaure on HN?
- AnonMO 2y agoA brilliant idea some startup accelerator in the EU can create a platform that conforms to EU laws. It can't be that hard, given that the UI hasn't changed much in a decade or more. I can already see it "Hacker news, but hosted in the EU with Swiss privacy and is GDPR compliant".
- tantalor 2y agoThat rule doesn't exist.
- dpifke 2y agoI use uBlock Origin cosmetic filters for blocking trolls on here. Something like: news.ycombinator.com##:matches-path(/^/item\?id=/) tr a.hnuser:has-text(/^dpifke$/):upward(tr)