Ask HN: Why is HN such a toxic community that tolerates 0 dissent?

3 points by i_like_to_post 5 years ago

Disagree with someone and your comment immediately gets "flagged".

chaganated 5 years ago |

Why pick on HN? That's the whole damn internet these days my friend.

well, on Reddit, for example, which is similar, random users can't flag to hide your comments on threads. You can get downvoted, which is fair, but not have just a few people arbitrarily hide content.

chaganated 5 years ago |

Why pick on HN? That's the whole damn internet these days my friend.

i_like_to_post 5 years ago | |

well, on Reddit, for example, which is similar, random users can't flag to hide your comments on threads. You can get downvoted, which is fair, but not have just a few people arbitrarily hide content.