4 ms·

There is a fair bit of irony at play huh? All content being observed. Punishment dishes out arbitrarily and without explanation. Liberty (speech) curtailed. And

• mpyne 13y ago
  And all because of a legitimate policy goal of preventing the destruction of an insightful commenting community due to the chaos that would ensue if unrestrained posting were always allowed. Ironic indeed.
  • jusben1369 13y ago
    Right. To those who support the policies they make total sense. Without them there'd be unknown chaos. Good add.
    • dasil003 13y ago
      For the umpteenth time, moderation is not censorship. HN is akin to a private club not a country that you are born into forced to live in. And furthermore, the chaos is anything but unknown. It is mob/troll rule ala slashdot/reddit/4chan and every other online community that grows beyond a critical mass.
      • jusben1369 13y ago
        To Censor: to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable. So this is censoring speech. They have the right to do it as they're a private entity. But don't confuse their right to censor with the definition of censorship. I see that happen a lot.