> I see comments like this all the time on HN, including between community members That's bad, and I'd like to see links to those. > Why are you showing up no

> I see comments like this all the time on HN, including between community members That's bad, and I'd like to see links to those. > Why are you showing up now? If you mean why do I respond to A but not B, it's usually just that I saw A but didn't see B. We don't come close to seeing everything that gets posted to HN—there's far too much. If you see a post that ought to have been moderated but hasn't been, you can help by flagging it or emailing us at hn@ycombinator.com [1]. > Are we allowed, for example, to call Trump an insecure man with orange skin and tiny hands? That's certainly a cliché, and it's hard to see how repetition of tropes fits with the intellectual curiosity that we're optimizing for (or trying to!) [2]. Curiosity withers under repetition and fries under indignation [3]. I think, though, that the issue with a political cliché is rather different than posting that someone "doesn't look human". [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=likeliest%20explanation%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20optimiz%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... [3] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=curiosity%20fries%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...