Re:Tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter'
by graeme on Thursday March 20, 2025 @11:45AM
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I think the most likely case is users are less likely to flag those stories. Or, they're less likely to generate discussion that causes those stories to get flagged.
Re:Tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter'
by Teever on Thursday March 20, 2025 @12:01PM
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When I use the term 'the site' I mean both the owners, moderators and users as a collective whole.
There's a sort of unspoken symbiosis going on between the users who consistently flag certain kinds of stories for ideological purposes and the owners/moderators who are content to let them do that.
People voraciously upvote and argue about California zoning laws or San Francisco drug policy here and the moderation staff encourages this. Or AI policies from the US federal government or the DMA from the EU. Or the SLS rocket.
'political' is just used as a euphemism for 'taboo' and there are many unspoken taboos about what is talked and not talked about here.