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That's true in the public square. It's not true when you're trying to build and maintain a specialized community. The opposite of censorship is 4chan.
by dfranke 17y ago
That's true in the public square. It's not true when you're trying to build and maintain a specialized community. The opposite of censorship is 4chan.
- eli 17y agoHey, it's a democratic site. People vote up the articles. If the problem is that not enough people know that TechCrunch stinks, then you should add a post about how they stink. I'd vote for that. You basically have to trust that a majority (or at least plurality) of the people here are the sorts of hackers you want to hang out with. If that stops being the case, you've got bigger problems than TC stories.
- dfranke 17y agoWell, a democratic site doesn't imply that there's no censorship; a true democracy would permit the majority to censor the minority. But anyway, even without any editors stepping in to ban certain links, the site doesn't really function according to the wishes of the majority because there's no down arrow on stories. Getting to the top of the front page doesn't require majority support, but just enthusiastic minority support.