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As of 12:30pm EDT, this has been flagged down to #111. Some people really don't want to discuss this.

devalier 11y ago
I think posts with a high ratio of comments to up-votes automatically get buried. So I'm not sure that this was deliberately moderated, or it was just the automated flame-war detection being set off.
- twoodfin 11y ago
  That's too bad, because I'd like everyone to read your longer comment here. Just so strange to me that this decision isn't spurring more discussion. urbit-related posts have hit the front page with 100+ up votes in the past.
- jessaustin 11y ago
  Yeah if one wants a discussion like this to stay above water, then upvote the post but don't comment on it. But actually it's probably OK if stuff like this drops off the front page, because it's inherently more political than other subjects.
to3m 11y ago
Think of it as you might a ban on discussing religion and/or politics when dining with people you don't know especially well. Less an attack on MAH FREEDMS, more a simple means of keeping the peace. You may complain that this will give rise to nothing but an echo chamber - and that's possibly true, but I fail to see how it's any worse than the alternative ;)
- twoodfin 11y ago
  But this doesn't really involve politics as traditionally understood. Nobody here is particularly interested in defending Yarvin's views, AFAIK. But for an active HN user working on a project right in HN's wheelhouse to effectively be banned from presenting at Strange Loop (for violating what policy?)... It's a fascinating story with broad implications for how we interact with each other. Overall, disappointed in those who have flagged these posts.
  - to3m 11y ago
    Consider it like a ban. The contentiousness is the point, not the subject matter per se. It doesn't have to be politics or religion necessarily - those are just the two subjects long considered most inappropriate for tabletime discussion. Few consider this traditional recommendation disenfranchising, or a denial of peoples' individual special snowlake natures. It's just a necessary rule imposed to keep the peace, based on an understanding of how people tend to behave. (And by "tend to", I mean, of course, "basically always".) And when people seem to be voting against discussion of a subject here, you should take it the same way.

I think posts with a high ratio of comments to up-votes automatically get buried. So I'm not sure that this was deliberately moderated, or it was just the automated flame-war detection being set off.

twoodfin 11y ago
That's too bad, because I'd like everyone to read your longer comment here. Just so strange to me that this decision isn't spurring more discussion. urbit-related posts have hit the front page with 100+ up votes in the past.
jessaustin 11y ago
Yeah if one wants a discussion like this to stay above water, then upvote the post but don't comment on it. But actually it's probably OK if stuff like this drops off the front page, because it's inherently more political than other subjects.

to3m 11y ago

Think of it as you might a ban on discussing religion and/or politics when dining with people you don't know especially well. Less an attack on MAH FREEDMS, more a simple means of keeping the peace. You may complain that this will give rise to nothing but an echo chamber - and that's possibly true, but I fail to see how it's any worse than the alternative ;)

twoodfin 11y ago
But this doesn't really involve politics as traditionally understood. Nobody here is particularly interested in defending Yarvin's views, AFAIK. But for an active HN user working on a project right in HN's wheelhouse to effectively be banned from presenting at Strange Loop (for violating what policy?)... It's a fascinating story with broad implications for how we interact with each other. Overall, disappointed in those who have flagged these posts.
- to3m 11y ago
  Consider it like a ban. The contentiousness is the point, not the subject matter per se. It doesn't have to be politics or religion necessarily - those are just the two subjects long considered most inappropriate for tabletime discussion. Few consider this traditional recommendation disenfranchising, or a denial of peoples' individual special snowlake natures. It's just a necessary rule imposed to keep the peace, based on an understanding of how people tend to behave. (And by "tend to", I mean, of course, "basically always".) And when people seem to be voting against discussion of a subject here, you should take it the same way.