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That penalises legitimately contentious topics and promotes status quoism, which are two of HN's greatest failings. Moderation (mostly by HN members) and admon
by dredmorbius 2y ago
That penalises legitimately contentious topics and promotes status quoism, which are two of HN's greatest failings.
Moderation (mostly by HN members) and admonishments (by mods) are HN's tools for promoting civil discourse even on difficult topics. They're ... limited tools, but it's what we've got.