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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by oneplane on Friday January 31, 2020 @03:41PM (#22205452)
I can't find a recent article on HN containing debates on/against/about/for socialism with banned accounts in them, so it's hard to see the content/context that would then be called toxic, but I do see in your reply that you mention "tedious" and "idealogical flamebait" which is not mutually exclusive to toxic behaviour. I suppose someone could write flamebait or be tedious without being toxic.
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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by asdf21 on Friday January 31, 2020 @03:47PM (#22205528)
How would you know? You can't see any of the comments because the mods generally remove them all..

The reason why YC seems more left-leaning nowadays compared to a few years ago, is exactly what the grandparent of this thread suggested, anyone right-leaning (or libertarian) has been harassed off the site / strongly discouraged from sharing their perspectives.

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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by oneplane on Friday January 31, 2020 @04:06PM (#22205736)
I wouldn't know in an absolute sense, which is why I wrote "I suppose". To determine if some text could be described as toxic you do have to read it at some point, and without that (if they are deleted as you wrote earlier) it becomes much more theoretical.
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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by anigbrowl on Friday January 31, 2020 @08:51PM (#22207980)
I'm surprised you have been here for 7 years and never looked at the 'showdead' flag in your user preferences.
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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by pnako on Friday January 31, 2020 @07:41PM (#22207564)
I find this hard to believe to be honest. HN is owned by a Silicon Valley venture capital investment firm. If anything they lean liberal/libertarian (which indeed can be a bit woke on social aspects, but certainly not when it comes to capital).
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