What Stays on Facebook and What Goes? The Social Network Cannot Answer

Re:What Stays on Facebook and What Goes? The Social Network ... by wbronitsky on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:46AM (#17575977)

How does your attempt to silence me add to this conversation in any way? I asked for an explanation of why this is so difficult. I'm not being unreasonable. Comments like this make me not want to participate here on HN

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Re:What Stays on Facebook and What Goes? The Social Network ... by atr2 on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:48AM (#17575988)

You're asking to silence others, you're getting a taste of your own medicine.

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Re:What Stays on Facebook and What Goes? The Social Network ... by wbronitsky on Friday July 20, 2018 @11:50AM (#17576016)

I'm glad I know the tenor of the conversation here. Enjoy yourselves

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Re:What Stays on Facebook and What Goes? The Social Network ... by tomhoward on Saturday July 21, 2018 @08:56AM (#17581816)

There are plenty of people on HN who go to some effort to comment with thoughtfulness and nuance, and who try hard to help others understand complex issues by discussing them in great depth.

In this case you've encountered people who don't comment in such a way, but that's more likely to happen when you invoke highly controversial issues without great caution.

Indeed this is why the HN guidelines ask people to avoid introducing flamewar topics, as reactions like this are inevitable, not just on HN, but anywhere on the internet.

Take it from someone who's been on HN for over 10 years: the good far outweighs the bad, but it's up to all of us to make the effort to keep the standard high.

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