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The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web.

Reasonable good faith debates are not normal on the internet!

I guess we have the moderators to thank for this.

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Overall IQ of the crowd also helps.

And the ethos of the founder even if he's moved on to Xitter.

> The most shocking thing about HN is how polite and and reasonable the people on here are compared to the other places I visit on the web.

Well duh, when the HN team keeps censoring opinions they don't like. Is this your first day on the internet?

Which opinions, specifically, do you feel that we dislike and censor? Can you link to some cases?

This was removed by HN.

Is this an opinion that you dislike: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459594

That one was killed by a software filter, for reasons having nothing to do with the content. I wouldn't say we dislike the opinion, or care either way, but the comment itself was pretty low-quality. Also, trollish usernames aren't allowed on HN (https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...)

Why the rude comment? I am more likely to be persuaded by your argument if you don't attach an insult to it.

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