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Ironic that you're flagged. Basically proving the point. It's impossible to have any discussions on hackernews.

Hackernews had it's eternal september. Dissenting views absolutely aren't allowed and you'll end up punished by the site because you will get brigaded: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brigading

It's absolutely not inevitable. This is a decision by hackernews they made. They are doing this to 'slow the decline of the website'