Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews

Re:Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews by benologist on Thursday November 07, 2019 @01:51PM (#21476079)

I think what makes HN so high-quality overall is the constant policing for personal attacks and toxicity. Some sites have 'rules' that are barely or not enforced at all that you must be respectful but this is the only site that consistently and objectively enforces good conduct.

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Re:Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews by blub on Thursday November 07, 2019 @02:53PM (#21476687)

One weakness is that users can gang on politically incorrect comments or threads and flag them.

Last I've seen this was a thread about the professor which was claiming that women aren't disadvantaged in physics. It was a totally harmless thing, about how a journal decided to publish his views.

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Re:Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews by wwright on Thursday November 07, 2019 @08:15PM (#21479196)

ime, what is called “political correctness” is often interpreted as “respecting others” by different people.

You can disagree with what expectations they have for interpersonal respect, but I think that’s how the other side sees it.

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Re:Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews by Jamwinner on Friday November 08, 2019 @01:56PM (#21485461)

Downvoting without offering counterargument is disrespectful and counter productive.

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Re:Code Health: Respectful Reviews == Useful Reviews by raxxorrax on Friday November 08, 2019 @01:03AM (#21480272)

But this is enforced by the users themselves to 99%. This is a very fundamental difference.

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