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Re:The rule says, “No vehicles in the park” by AnthonyMouse on Saturday June 24, 2023 @12:41PM (#36460209)
HN is a good example of where the moderation works to a large extent, but it has trade offs that can be extremely problematic.

For example, politically charged discourse is suppressed. That's going to result in a higher level of civility, but now you have a large community of people with an impaired ability to affect the political process.

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Re:The rule says, “No vehicles in the park” by ghaff on Saturday June 24, 2023 @02:01PM (#36461053)
Politically-charged or at least on the wrong side of the line. HN does tend to discourage a lot of low effort flamebait which is generally for the good. But even politely-made minority arguments can easily be downvoted as well.
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Re:The rule says, “No vehicles in the park” by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday June 24, 2023 @10:42PM (#36464713)
"If I can't be politically charged on HN, I won't be politically charged anywhere"
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