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Lots of platform providers explicitly decide to moderate things that aren't illegal. There are lots of perfectly legal things that HN won't let me discuss, as
by danielweber 14y ago
Lots of platform providers explicitly decide to moderate things that aren't illegal. There are lots of perfectly legal things that HN won't let me discuss, as is their right.
A rule of "no candid photographs" isn't as impossible to set up as you think. Sure it will have some false positives and false negatives, just like filters on porn, on spam, on off-topic posts, and so on.
- stfu 14y agoIt depends on the type of community. Reddit positions itself as a platform infrastructure for a rich diversity of communities. HN has a relatively narrow approach, trying to keep discussions as focused and as on topic as possible. It is more or less a traditional forum, only that the rules are relatively clear and moderators (i.e. PG) don't overplay their authority.