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by GeoAtreides 814 days ago
> users think it's highly unlikely to lead to productive discussion

I wish people would let people decide for themselves what is productive or not...

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There's always Twitter/X or Reddit if that's your jam. I just think it's hard to disagree that a huge, if not primary, value people feel they get from HN is the discussion, which is probably unmatched compared to any open forum on the net, and a huge part of that is moderation and curation.

Like I said, I don't agree with this particular topic getting flagged (I saw it go back and forth numerous times), but I also would push back hard on any allegations of "censorship". There are plenty of completely open forums online anyone can access with a click, and HN is most decidedly not that, by design, since the beginning of the site.

Almost all pro Israel posts are flagged so I think it is fair to completely remove the topic in HN. There are only 16m of jews in a world of 8b.