[mulmen]

It’s downvoted because it’s the same tired think of the children argument. It’s a red herring. Age verification doesn’t protect children. Legislation protects incumbents.

Meta are experts at manipulating emotions. That’s exactly what the “think of the children” argument does.

[koube]

Normies would believe the opposite positions - it's fine to think of the children. Age verification does protect children. Legislation protects children. So you've restated the disagreement. When you describe opposing positions as manipulative, tired, red herrings, and then you downvote and move on, does this seem more like engagement or disengagement with normie politics? I say again - is it not concerning that this board is unable to engage with people once they step outside?

I don't think the moderators have any trust in hacker news' ability to engage with this topic either, since this post has been nuked from hacker news.

[mulmen]

I’m not here to engage in “normie politics”. Downvotes are for uninteresting comments. The disengagement is deliberate. The culture here is a feature, not a bug.

[koube]

Who is the "culture here" deciding what is a feature or bug? Downvoting for disagreement and disengagement are against the Hacker News guidelines[0] and these are enforced with moderation. (See this post being nuked from hacker news.) People come here for Hacker News with moderation and good faith discussion, if they wanted unmoderated user content, 4chan would be fine.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html