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Samsung chair imprisoned and 24 others found guilty in union-busting case

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390 points AndrewDucker | 1 comments | 18 Dec 19 19:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dang ◴[18 Dec 19 22:21 UTC] No.21830094[source]▶
This is an interesting story, but the thread so far is lame. Please do better. Low-threshold indignation makes for shallow, angry, generic, and therefore boring discussion.

The idea here is: if you have a substantive point to make, make it thoughtfully; if you don't, please don't comment until you do.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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t34543 ◴[19 Dec 19 01:12 UTC] No.21831201[source]▶
This is what excessive moderation looks like.
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1. dang ◴[19 Dec 19 06:47 UTC] No.21832592[source]▶
I get why you'd say that. I'd have said so myself years ago. However...

Here are three typical posts from before I did that:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21829235

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21829200

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21829249

And here are three typical posts from after:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21831418

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21830642

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21830707

There's simply no comparison. And there are more examples on both sides. And it has worked consistently in many cases in the past. The surprising thing is how something so simple and (in a way) annoying can have such salutary effects. It's as if it calls the hivemind back to its angel self, or something.