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teklayesterday at 4:28 PM1 replyview on HN

HN is tries (and mostly succeeds) to discourage controversial topics.


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akerl_yesterday at 4:35 PM

Does it? The rules seem to suggest that the intent is to discourage arguments and grandstanding in favor of discussions, and many controversial topics and posts tend to end up as shouting matches in the comments.

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