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749 points doener | 3 comments | 01 Feb 25 11:52 UTC | HN request time: 1.317s | source
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honestSysAdmin[dead post] ◴[01 Feb 25 21:04 UTC] No.42902306[source]▶
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aredox[dead post] ◴[01 Feb 25 21:52 UTC] No.42902746[source]▶
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honestSysAdmin[dead post] ◴[01 Feb 25 22:37 UTC] No.42903176[source]▶
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unethical_ban[dead post] ◴[01 Feb 25 22:46 UTC] No.42903265[source]▶
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jeffbee[dead post] ◴[01 Feb 25 23:09 UTC] No.42903483[source]▶
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cassepipe ◴[02 Feb 25 00:33 UTC] No.42904165[source]▶
This is not how HN works. There are guidelines and if you fail them you get downvoted or flagged. The moderation is mostly decentralized.

By the way:

> Don't be snarky.

> Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills.

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

So while it seems that I am ideologically much more aligned with you, I am still annoyed by the unecessary irony and uninteresting comment about whatever you think HN is/has become.

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1. unethical_ban ◴[02 Feb 25 15:36 UTC] No.42909290[source]▶
Sometimes, bad actors should not be allowed on the site.
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2. cassepipe ◴[02 Feb 25 16:10 UTC] No.42909508[source]▶
Not allowed by whom ? On what criteria will you recognize bad actors ? It's not that I don't agree with the sentiment but moderation is a complex problem that has side effects (censorhip). It's like you are saying "There shouldn't be any homeless people", I agree but what is the exact solution ?

So I guess my question to you is what do you think is not working in the current system ? I am arguing that it's working fine: The half crazy person's comments are so faint I can't even read them, or [dead]

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3. unethical_ban ◴[02 Feb 25 16:27 UTC] No.42909624[source]▶
Not allowed by us, we, the community that doesn't trade in bad faith argument.

You have a point that the downvotes and flags do their work. That's pretty much banning. After they call a few more people homophobic slurs or insult their families, they'll probably be shadowbanned.

>On what criteria will you recognize bad actors?

Constant dodging of questions, shifting goalposts with aggressive language, personal insults, and so on. Signalled by being repeatedly downvoted or flagged for such behavior.

We're probably on a similar page, but I am slightly less concerned with censorship. Three week old accounts that have done little but troll have less "plot armor" than established accounts.