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Comment by b0rsuk | Hacker News Reader

A very interesting idea.

I had my own idea:

xornews - news about politics that are only in one camp, or the other, but never in both. For example liberal/conservative. That's the main split in my country.

But I realized it can't work without a bunch of moderators fascinated by political science.

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I made a tinder-style clone a couple of years ago where you would swipe a headline left or right depending on the political direction you thought it leaned.

When you got one wrong, it was a signal that you should read the story (i.e., that the story was not run-of-the-mill left/right propaganda).

I thought it was a fun idea with real benefits, but it never really caught on.

The politicalcompassmeme subreddit is an interesting example of co existence. I think the flairs / labels of users is key.

I was absolutely astonished by the civility and depth of understanding people showed for each others' positions when I visited that sub. I think in order to have a successful post you can't just dump on "the opponent", you have to make something everyone from any place on the compass will laugh at, even if it's a bit of a dig. That really incentivizes empathy since you can't laugh _with_ people you disagree with if you don't really understand where they're coming from.

r/pcm uses irony to defend racism and anti-semitism... it's a garbage subreddit

Politics are binary.

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