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by externalreality 2612 days ago
Why not just flag the comments. Why shut down the whole discussion? Seems like a heavy handed approach. I mean of course talking about the rampant racism in tech will make many white males uncomfortable, that the reason we post and talk about it. So that people become more comfortable talking about it. The mods aren't helping the problem they are exacerbating it by coddling.
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rpiguy 2612 days ago
If it is just a case of one or two people being uncivil, they will just delete the comments. If an article/post gets a bunch of flags they are responding to the community, which is signallng that the post should not be part of the community and the whole thread will be locked.

See comment above, it appears to be automated.

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greenyoda 2612 days ago
> See comment above, it appears to be automated.

That's correct: if a comment either (1) gets too many more downvotes than upvotes or (2) gets flagged, it's automatically killed.

Also, users can "vouch" for a dead comment or article to bring it back to life if they believe it has been wrongly killed.

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