[marklgr]

The goal is to prevent "echo chambers" where prone to be influenced people build violent or extreme views that will have a real and very detrimental impact on society. It denies the premisse that "speech is just speech and does not harm anyone". It sure is debatable and it raises many issues, but it is not about just making the net look prettier.

[emp_zealoth]

What you get is exactly an echo chamber - like ok HN,anyone disagreeing with consensus gets downvoted into oblivion.