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Everytime I see the content dissappear from being flagged and moderated away, I feel poorer and wonder what it was that I can no longer be allowed to read. How
by andriesm 2y ago
Everytime I see the content dissappear from being flagged and moderated away, I feel poorer and wonder what it was that I can no longer be allowed to read. How aggressively should messages be moderated on HN? After I had myself been unreasonably sensored in other discussions, this very active moderation is giving me serious concerns about HN. Robot spam should be moderated, or illegal things, but do we really need edgy comments hidden from view? I've seen a lot of magnanimous, wise and empathic responses on some otherwise cutting comments, a lot of goodwill here on HN. Do we really need the heavy hand of censors to protect us from offensive speech???
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoIf you want to see it, turn on I See Dead Posts. I keep mine off, because, for the most part, I don't mind not seeing the trolls. In this case, the chap made a point that many people (including myself) disagree with, but in a fashion that I think is right in line with the way we should deal with each other. I just think people downvote posts they disagree with, or because they have some animus with the poster (I have a couple of downvote stalkers, myself, and it's sometimes amusing to see which posts they hit).
- andriesm 2y agoThank you, I was blissfully unaware of show dead after all these years of being here.
- TheCleric 2y agoIt’s not censors. It’s fellow users collectively voting on what we want in our community and what we don’t. (Didn’t downvote or flag it as it was dead when I got here)
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- throw16180339 2y agoIf you want to see comments from trolls, bigots, and shadowbanned users turn the showdead option on. I have it turned on and maybe 1% of comments are worth vouching for.