A note to anyone wondering why there are so many flagged comments in this post:
Drew DeVault has a thread on Mastodon where he's invited people to reply with links to posts and comments here that they believe are examples of HN's users and moderators "censoring progressive voices or discussions, or tolerating hate".
Drew DeVault has a thread on Mastodon where he's invited people to reply with links to posts and comments here that they believe are examples of HN's users and moderators "censoring progressive voices or discussions, or tolerating hate".
This post was linked from one of the replies, https://fosstodon.org/@[email protected]/1111726693..., and is likely being brigaded by readers of that thread, who are also posting judgemental opinions such as:
> holy fuck that thread is shockingly vile, and I’ve seen a lot of vile shit on the orange site
And:
> looks like the item got flagkilled off the front page, so at least it's not getting much new traffic, but the comments are an absolute cesspool
Seems that they would prefer people with views that dissent from their own to be censored, rather than to engage in open discussion.