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Re:Show HN: Respectify – a comment moderator that teaches pe... by hockey on Thursday February 26, 2026 @03:43AM (#47163534)
Your point definitely stands, but I feel there is still a good faith use case for this.

I've definitely been young and passionate and, occasionally a bit inebriated and/or triggered by certain things when I commented on the internet (in fact I'm usually silent unless I've had a few drinks).

Though I don't think myself a bad faith actor, I've definitely written things I shouldn't in the past. Often with good intentions, but perhaps with anger or passion clouding my judgement. Most folks have something that will trigger them to respond in a sub par way after a bad sleep or a long day.

I'd like to think that a tool to let me know I'm alienating rather than persuading the folks I'm talking to would provide benefit.

But yeah. This is a difficult one. Not everyone who is being a jerk is just having an out-of-character bad day.

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