[causality0]

Isn't the point that you have to have showdead on to see that stuff, though? Most sites/communities don't let you read what got removed. In fact, every time I see a comment of that nature that's not dead, I don't manage to get done typing a rebuttal before it's been killed.

[krapp]

It's still a problem that they exist and persist as much as they do. If you're transgender or gay and you know every time something you write gets posted here there's going to be a tangential diatribe about your pronouns, mental faculties and secret agenda, it doesn't make this place seem any more welcoming if that stuff has to be constantly voted down, and flagging it doesn't magically separate it from the zeitgeist of this community. It's still a part of what HN is, if it's a part that some people fight against.

It's like living in an apartment with a pest problem. It doesn't matter how much you spray, you still have a pest problem.

[causality0]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a community with a smaller fraction of toxic posts than HN. If you keep showdead turned off you're talking about fractions of a percent. If that isn't good enough I suppose I wish them luck finding a place I suspect may not exist.

[bakugo]

Sounds to me like you just can't mentally handle the mere existence of someone who disagrees with you, even if nobody's forcing you to listen to what they say.