For starters, "man i'm glad there are identifying details about you in your profile so i can avoid working with you" is an egregious personal attack, certainly something we'd ban accounts for, especially when they have a history of breaking the site guidelines.
> what is the point of a voting system if you can unilaterally censor and censure?
HN is a constitutional democracy. I can see why you'd find it annoying if you're assuming otherwise. We can't go by upvotes alone—if comments break the site guidelines, it doesn't matter how upvoted they are.
The voting system alone doesn't regulate itself—it leads to flamewars because indignant and unsubstantive comments frequently get upvoted. That's why there need to be countervailing mechanisms like flagging and moderation.
i would love for you precisely identify what part of
>man i'm glad there are identifying details about you in your profile so i can avoid working with you
is an attack. it's an expression of my personal exasperation. there's literally not a single ascription of any qualities to the other person. you can ctrl+f "you" or "your" in this subtree
and i in no place ascribe any qualities to anyone. my only other remark was pointing out the other person's belligerence which i still didn't make personal.
so either you can claim that there's something like a "zero tolerance" policy for antagonism or you can retract what you've accused me of.
this is my overarching point and has been for years on hn: it's evil to paint with a broad brush people that are actually antagonistic and those that don't feel they should toe the line in response to those people. your constitutional moderation is this brush.
> what is the point of a voting system if you can unilaterally censor and censure?
HN is a constitutional democracy. I can see why you'd find it annoying if you're assuming otherwise. We can't go by upvotes alone—if comments break the site guidelines, it doesn't matter how upvoted they are.
The voting system alone doesn't regulate itself—it leads to flamewars because indignant and unsubstantive comments frequently get upvoted. That's why there need to be countervailing mechanisms like flagging and moderation.
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