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Re:Social Cooling (2017) by eitland on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @12:38PM (#24629958)
Reasonable people on both sides censor themselves (at least more than unreasonable people).

My theory is that this is why Full Name Required comments fields and also Facebook is way uglier than pseudonymous forums like HN and Ars Technica.

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Re:Social Cooling (2017) by i_love_limes on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @03:18PM (#24631803)
You chose and interesting and very moderated forums there... Aren't the worst places on the internet unmoderated pseudonymous forums? 4chan, the horrible bits of Reddit, and the like?
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Re:Social Cooling (2017) by westmeal on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:00PM (#24633541)
I honestly think its the opposite. When people don't have to stick to a side they'll actually discuss things without falling into a persona or clique. Then again there are trolls but they're rather easy to spot.
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Re:Social Cooling (2017) by eitland on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @09:40AM (#24638581)
Old slashdot then. AFAIK and IIRC it was user moderated (and there was a fascinating system around metamoderation.)
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