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His comment is now gone ... it was by far the most up-voted and I'm a bit shocked that Disqus is in collusion with The Atlantic.

by smoyer 14y ago

dbcooper 14y ago
This sly comment remains though. :) "Such beautiful buildings! It's a shame that Shelley Miscavige couldn't join her husband at the gala openings!"
- smoyer 14y ago
  Yes ... I appreciated that one too. I'm sure they're monitoring HN since this place is such a bastion of scientists, so it might be disappearing shortly.
alxndr 14y ago
They probably have a contract that Disqus wouldn't want the Atlantic to cancel.
smacktoward 14y ago
"Collusion" seems like overstating the case a little to me. I'd be more shocked if the opposite were true -- if the site publisher wanted to remove a comment, and Disqus, for whatever reason, wouldn't let them. Disqus isn't supposed to be making editorial decisions on their customers' sites; if someone wants to be an idiot and moderate out non-cheerleading comments, it's not Disqus' place to override that decision.
- illuminate 14y ago
  ""Collusion" seems like overstating the case a little to me." Aren't they editing the comments for their customer?
  - smacktoward 14y ago
    Why would they be? Sites using Disqus can moderate their own comments, and Disqus claims to do no moderation beyond that -- see http://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466223-who-deleted-or-removed-my-comment- http://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466223-who-d.... I suppose you could come up with a theory where The Atlantic talked/bribed Disqus into doing the moderation for them, but it seems much more straightforward to assume that it's the admins at The Atlantic who were filtering comments.
    - illuminate 14y ago
      By they, I mean the Atlantic, not Disqus. Though, it wouldn't surprise me if they had contract moderator options available for companies who don't want to employ their own.

4 ms·

His comment is now gone ... it was by far the most up-voted and I'm a bit shocked that Disqus is in collusion with The Atlantic.

by smoyer 14y ago

His comment is now gone ... it was by far the most up-voted and I'm a bit shocked that Disqus is in collusion with The Atlantic.

dbcooper 14y ago
This sly comment remains though. :) "Such beautiful buildings! It's a shame that Shelley Miscavige couldn't join her husband at the gala openings!"
- smoyer 14y ago
  Yes ... I appreciated that one too. I'm sure they're monitoring HN since this place is such a bastion of scientists, so it might be disappearing shortly.
alxndr 14y ago
They probably have a contract that Disqus wouldn't want the Atlantic to cancel.
smacktoward 14y ago
"Collusion" seems like overstating the case a little to me. I'd be more shocked if the opposite were true -- if the site publisher wanted to remove a comment, and Disqus, for whatever reason, wouldn't let them. Disqus isn't supposed to be making editorial decisions on their customers' sites; if someone wants to be an idiot and moderate out non-cheerleading comments, it's not Disqus' place to override that decision.
- illuminate 14y ago
  ""Collusion" seems like overstating the case a little to me." Aren't they editing the comments for their customer?
  - smacktoward 14y ago
    Why would they be? Sites using Disqus can moderate their own comments, and Disqus claims to do no moderation beyond that -- see http://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466223-who-deleted-or-removed-my-comment- http://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466223-who-d.... I suppose you could come up with a theory where The Atlantic talked/bribed Disqus into doing the moderation for them, but it seems much more straightforward to assume that it's the admins at The Atlantic who were filtering comments.
    - illuminate 14y ago
      By they, I mean the Atlantic, not Disqus. Though, it wouldn't surprise me if they had contract moderator options available for companies who don't want to employ their own.