That's what the comments settings were for!

I was a AC for a long time. I made a comment someone didnt like and they followed me thru all the discussions to keep the conversation going. So I just posted AC and moved on with my life.

The funny one was someone on soylent posting AC and then would sign each one with their name. Never got that one...

The in jokes became racist and nobody seemed to care.

Seemed like a sad end to a site that was pioneering in community moderation.

The tone went from rough-and-tumble, big tent libertarianism to hate filled right wing politics. From weird and funny to stupid and rude. I didn't want to be contaminated by that thinking or have my name associated with it, so I moved to Reddit where eventually the same thing happened.

There's some kind of Godwin's Law corollary here that revolves around whether your board removes "I'm just asking questions" posts or not.

I don't see Reddit as one place like Slashdot was one place. I'm sure it still has horrific subs, but the ones I'm on are little islands of well-moderated chit-chat, local jokes and retro-computing.