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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by billfruit on Saturday August 10, 2019 @05:11AM (#20661023)
But readers have a real choice and freedom on what to read, in that situation, what benefit does restrictions on writers bring?
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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News by candu on Sunday August 11, 2019 @11:08AM (#20668482)
Ah - the goal is not necessarily the choice / freedom of readers, but that of other writers who might be drowned out, intimidated, or otherwise coerced into silence.

When this happens across a large and popular enough cross-section of media, though, it could easily start to have a noticeable effect on readers.

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