Indiscriminate banning/blocking is the thing that turned me off most social media.
I don’t post anywhere but HN so my profiles are always bare. Starting something like 5 years ago I’d follow someone and within a day, flip a coin, on tails I was banned or blocked.
I eventually deleted the last of my social accounts. They turned into places where strangers were just there to torment each other or receive unconditional praise.
How do you filter out the stuff that's clearly coming from insecure teenage brains?
I don't mean literally filtering it as in censoring it, I mean how do you read/navigate this forum in a way where you don't constantly have to read over childish shite?
Appreciate you taking the time to show me around. There's some interesting (very politically incorrect) views on there. :-)
True, I also feel that HN overmoderates genuine critical debate, and the high barrier for allowing downvoting has always confounded me. There are some very smart people around here though. I understand the need for rules to avoid the kind of silly trolling you get on 4chan.
I don’t post anywhere but HN so my profiles are always bare. Starting something like 5 years ago I’d follow someone and within a day, flip a coin, on tails I was banned or blocked.
I eventually deleted the last of my social accounts. They turned into places where strangers were just there to torment each other or receive unconditional praise.