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The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web. Reasonable good faith

• farseer 10mo ago
  Overall IQ of the crowd also helps.
  • tim333 10mo ago
    And the ethos of the founder even if he's moved on to Xitter.
• gethly 10mo ago
  > The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web. Well duh, when the HN team keeps censoring opinions they don't like. Is this your first day on the internet?
  • dang 10mo ago
    Which opinions, specifically, do you feel that we dislike and censor? Can you link to some cases?
    • TimCookroach 10mo ago
      This was removed by HN. Is this an opinion that you dislike: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459594 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459594
      • dang 10mo ago
        That one was killed by a software filter, for reasons having nothing to do with the content. I wouldn't say we dislike the opinion, or care either way, but the comment itself was pretty low-quality. Also, trollish usernames aren't allowed on HN (https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=true&page=0&query=by:dang%20trollish%20username https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...)
  • pipes 10mo ago
    Why the rude comment? I am more likely to be persuaded by your argument if you don't attach an insult to it.