[another_sock]

Yes we should ban everybody who shows open disagreement and doesn't take the party line in the serious manner we see fit.

I am not trolling, I am highlighting the absurd manner in which so many HN commenters have suddenly become champions of Stalinistic censorship by all these multinational corporations.

Yes, it's a great idea for the community to ban people who say things which are unpopular. That will lead to a very healthy community filled with free thought and critical thinking.

[shadowgovt]

The failure to put any constraint leads to 4chan.

Optimum is probably somewhere between the extremes. But the QAnon conspiracy thrives in the 4chan laissez-faire extreme.

[another_sock]

The people who think 4chan is some existential threat to society rather than anti-social people and people with autism blowing off steam and being mean to each other are the people who aren't very familiar with 4chan. 99% of it is just shitposts, the other 0.9% is people who aren't doing anything bad, the 0.1% is removed.