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Re:Hacker News is a social echo chamber by brymaster on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @01:41PM (#6554910)
It's interesting that none of the smart hackers here have 'innovated' an open discussion forum yet. Everyone knows of the problems with moderation and hellbanning, everyone knows that this forum isn't a democracy and yet, here we all are.
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Re:Hacker News is a social echo chamber by MartinCron on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @02:10PM (#6555168)
Why do you assume that democracy is the right model for discussion? Even with the problems of moderation and hellbanning, the system here is better than something purely open.

I've seen pure open discussions, and I don't want to have anything to do with them.

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Re:Hacker News is a social echo chamber by brymaster on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @02:22PM (#6555268)
Disagree with your thoughts on the system being better. Check some of the comments in the article and you might understand why.
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