[kfreds]

To be fair there are also many examples in this thread of courteous, empathetic and intellectual discourse, where people agree to disagree.

Relatively speaking HN is an oasis compared to other platforms. Which makes me wonder, are there forums with an even higher quality than HN?

[ranger_danger]

That's an interesting idea, and not one I have seen implemented yet.

I think the biggest hurdle for something like that would be selecting and keeping enough like-minded moderators to enforce the quality.

[owebmaster]

Depends on what you call quality. Not sure if eloquent people defending repugnant politics and views = high quality

[throwaway85825]

Largely offline and informal.