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Re:Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliber... by cosmic_cheese on Thursday February 12, 2026 @10:45PM (#46998679)
It might be an unpopular idea, but I think being somewhat liberal with doling out timeouts and bans for inflammatory/reactionary/overemotional posting would do a lot of good, too. It strongly crystalizes community norms and sends a message that this is a space to engage with the higher functioning portions of your brain instead of letting your amygdala and dopamine pathways take the wheel.

Edit: Why is parent comment flagged/dead? Doesn’t seem that controversial?

Re:Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliber... by em-bee on Friday February 13, 2026 @08:41PM (#47010543)
the account was taken over by a bot. see the discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46998432