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Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by rootusrootus on Sunday December 04, 2022 @01:43PM (#33856360)
I wonder how large that minority is, versus how loud it is. I've been to forums that had no moderation. Normal people do not talk that way and do not want to be around people that talk that way. Kiddie porn? FFS, get out of here, we do not want to see that.
Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by rootusrootus on Monday December 05, 2022 @10:10AM (#33866601)
Apparently we do have some kiddie porn fans on HN, who knew?

I did. Because I've been running discussion forums on and off for 40 years. If you let them, a tiny tiny number of foul people will take over your site by driving away all the normal people who don't want to be exposed to that garbage. Free speech absolutists have trouble understanding that such bad faith actors exist, and in sufficient quantity to crush what could otherwise by a robust, diverse discussion.