There's no decision to be made. It's a right you don't have.
The decision is where people put their attention. It could be anywhere. Statistically speaking, it won't be you.
LocalH 31 days ago [-]
The end user. That's the only way it's not censorship in practice
javascriptfan69 31 days ago [-]
the people moderating the platform that you signed up to post on?
what do you mean?
dontwannahearit 31 days ago [-]
See my comment below. On HN for example it isn’t necessarily the moderators, it’s the users with downvote power who can influence what everyone else sees.
So the elite users are the ones who choose. Funny how our communities mirror the social structures we supposedly hate.
jfengel 31 days ago [-]
The site owners chose to implement it that way. That's their right. If you don't like it you can go elsewhere.
javascriptfan69 31 days ago [-]
sure but to other users that's a feature and part of why they're here
it's like going to a cafe and complaining that everyone is drinking coffee
mikestew 31 days ago [-]
“Elite users”? I don’t think that avoiding being an assclown long enough to collect 500 points to downvote status is a high bar to clear.
behole 31 days ago [-]
And? Go somewhere else. I get elite-downvoted semi-regularly but that’s all in the game. You knew the rules when you came here.
estimator7292 31 days ago [-]
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tomhow 31 days ago [-]
We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the guidelines and ignoring our requests to stop. We want this to be a place where we can discuss difficult topics, but it has to be done respectfully. We obviously can't allow calling people names like this.
If you don't want to be banned, you can email us at hn@ycombinator.com and indicate you intend to improve your style of participation.
2OEH8eoCRo0 32 days ago [-]
I have a right to my own eyes and ears. It's not censorship to block trolls that I don't like.
dontwannahearit 31 days ago [-]
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whattheheckheck 31 days ago [-]
No its the Algorithms of the platforms that decide to treat the signal of the downvote as an indicator they ought to hide/censorship that information for the quality of the information garden whether it be for ad revenue or eudaimonia
hashmap 32 days ago [-]
And yet I bet you leave your spam filter on instead of explaining to the spam what's wrong with it.
customguy 31 days ago [-]
I think the way blocking gets used and then bragged about to the personal bubble on BS (I wouldn't know about Twitter) is kind of pathetic, but at the same time, I do not mind getting blocked, or put on any of those shitlists, because that leaves me with the people who are either insane, kinda cool, or both.
rexpop 31 days ago [-]
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Larrikin 31 days ago [-]
He is bragging about being blocked. Most likely he is also part of the fire hose of abuse.
customguy 31 days ago [-]
Like it takes anything, at all, to get labeleled mutually exclusive types of non-person by randos on social media. Sure.
You're kinda demonstrating it. I wasn't "bragging about being blocked", I said what I actually did say instead; but that's enough for you it seems. But even as you're doing it, I'm somehow a bad person for pointing out how lame it is. Nah.
rexpop 30 days ago [-]
Large surveys and platform studies show that women, especially younger women, and racial/ethnic minorities are disproportionately targeted, with particularly high rates for Black women and other women of color on Twitter/X-like platforms.
On Twitter, Amnesty International found that Black women were 84% more likely than white women to be mentioned in abusive or problematic tweets, and women of color were 34% more likely than white women to be targeted.
Pew found that women are more likely than men to say they have experienced certain severe forms of online harassment, especially sexual harassment and stalking, and that younger women are the most vulnerable group.
Online abuse is widespread, but it is not evenly distributed; it falls more heavily on women, especially women of color, and on other marginalized groups.
You're out of your element, dude. I'm sure you know tons about Clojure, or cap tables, but you're spouting off unfounded bullshit in a field you haven't bothered to study. You're perpetuating a dangerously unrealistic mythology.
customguy 28 days ago [-]
> you're spouting off unfounded bullshit [..] you're perpetuating a dangerously unrealistic mythology.
Such as? Name it. I'm really curious, since none of what you just wrote I didn't already know, and none of it is relevant to my comment. I don't even know what you're arguing against because you won't let on.
konfusinomicon 31 days ago [-]
you must be fun at parties
whattheheckheck 31 days ago [-]
You must not have empathy
sandy_coyote 31 days ago [-]
Everyone please chill
rexpop 31 days ago [-]
Why?
rexpop 31 days ago [-]
I don't party with fascists.
customguy 31 days ago [-]
You're not making a lick of sense either.
rexpop 30 days ago [-]
Which part do you find most perplexing?
customguy 28 days ago [-]
None. You not making sense doesn't make me perplexed, it just makes me go "no signal here"
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You don't have the right to an audience.
The decision is where people put their attention. It could be anywhere. Statistically speaking, it won't be you.
what do you mean?
So the elite users are the ones who choose. Funny how our communities mirror the social structures we supposedly hate.
it's like going to a cafe and complaining that everyone is drinking coffee
If you don't want to be banned, you can email us at hn@ycombinator.com and indicate you intend to improve your style of participation.
You're kinda demonstrating it. I wasn't "bragging about being blocked", I said what I actually did say instead; but that's enough for you it seems. But even as you're doing it, I'm somehow a bad person for pointing out how lame it is. Nah.
On Twitter, Amnesty International found that Black women were 84% more likely than white women to be mentioned in abusive or problematic tweets, and women of color were 34% more likely than white women to be targeted.
Pew found that women are more likely than men to say they have experienced certain severe forms of online harassment, especially sexual harassment and stalking, and that younger women are the most vulnerable group.
Online abuse is widespread, but it is not evenly distributed; it falls more heavily on women, especially women of color, and on other marginalized groups.
You're out of your element, dude. I'm sure you know tons about Clojure, or cap tables, but you're spouting off unfounded bullshit in a field you haven't bothered to study. You're perpetuating a dangerously unrealistic mythology.
Such as? Name it. I'm really curious, since none of what you just wrote I didn't already know, and none of it is relevant to my comment. I don't even know what you're arguing against because you won't let on.