Show HN: Respectify – a comment moderator that teaches people to argue better

Re:Show HN: Respectify – a comment moderator that teaches pe... by earthnail on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @05:13PM (#47158787)

I tried it as well with a contrarian view on UBI. I think the UBI one is a great test case. If you’re against the idea you will likely argue that it is idealistic and that in the real world it would create bad incentives.

So basically you end up arguing for a darker, more pessimistic world view, and that tends to get flagged very quickly by the tool right now. I think you should fix that. It’s a mistake in modern discussions to be overly positive; HN feels real because people can leave pretty harsh critiques. It just has to be well argued. Don’t raise the bar for well-argued too high though, because nobody’s perfect.

Anyway, I love the idea and really hope you’ll succeed. Hope my feedback has been somewhat helpful.

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Re:Show HN: Respectify – a comment moderator that teaches pe... by NickHodges0702 on Wednesday February 25, 2026 @05:16PM (#47158815)

Yes, thanks very much! I appreciate your support very much.

You make a good point -- and that is exactly the kind of thing we are trying to do, i.e. enable a good-faith, but strongly disagreeing, discussion on something like UBI.

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Re:Show HN: Respectify – a comment moderator that teaches pe... by ranger_danger on Thursday February 26, 2026 @09:54AM (#47166932)

> It’s a mistake in modern discussions to be overly positive

According to who?

I trust you'll publish your double blind study with sample sizes and p values shortly /s

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