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> HN flagging, censoring, and condoning what amounts to fascism rather than promoting rule of law, common sense, and freedom of speech To be fair, HN kind of h
by basementcat 2y ago
> HN flagging, censoring, and condoning what amounts to fascism rather than promoting rule of law, common sense, and freedom of speech
To be fair, HN kind of has to do this. Y Combinator has close ties with the world's richest man; he is even scheduled to speak at AI Startup School. Otherwise, people like dang and others may be subject to retaliation.
- kccoder 2y agoThey don't HAVE to, but they do choose to allow it. We'll all likely have to make choices in the coming years regarding principles, morality, ethics, empathy vs profit, safety, and security. They've chosen one path, hopefully many others choose the other.
- cantrecallmypwd 2y agoExactly. It's a choice to de-prioritize ethics by mechanical application of policies rather than choosing the greater good with critical thinking skills and integrity. It becomes foot-gunning in the long term since history won't be kind to the [insert future pejorative label] sympathizers. More broadly, I hope SV cleans up its act and rejects the MAANG megacorp surrender to the current ideological faction because it didn't align to the other side the same way previously when the winds went the other way. (I don't have a horse in this fight but I can see what is happening now is objectively bad. I think we can choose to step back from the red vs. blue team sports nonsense and have objective discussions of what's likely to lead to more failure or more success for a given polity.)
- dang 2y agoHN moderation has zero to do with "ties" to the world's richest men. Sorry, but this one of the few things I'm in a position to be confident of. We're just trying to make an internet forum that doesn't suck and doesn't burn itself to a crisp—same as it ever was. I know that's not very hot and exciting, but it's how it is.