you'll have more luck with a chrome extension. this place will never do such a thing. "they know best", they will never change from an outside suggestion.
in case you haven't noticed the forum culture is not flexible. hn is a very specifically flawed lens to the world. they're not about to "fix" anything because "nothing is broken"
they will patiently explain to you why you're wrong, then get on with being the unchanging same thing they are.
a funny paradox. a non innovating lens onto a "highly innovative" part of the world.
high noise to signal seems easy problem for tech to solve.
you seem to say what I'm proposing wouldn't have helped. I think you don't care to see how it can.
these systems already work in places where people's values aren't backward.
you talk about abuse of power, but don't you think you're abusing the power you have by preventing these systems spreading.
I'm beginning to see that silicon valley is fine with surveillance as long as they hold the control themselves. when it comes to building systems for government, for all the countries, they lose their minds. I think because they are afraid they will lose control. when they build those information and control systems for themselves and to impose their values they're cool with that.
and they're cool with that even when it costs lives.
in case you haven't noticed the forum culture is not flexible. hn is a very specifically flawed lens to the world. they're not about to "fix" anything because "nothing is broken"
they will patiently explain to you why you're wrong, then get on with being the unchanging same thing they are.
a funny paradox. a non innovating lens onto a "highly innovative" part of the world.