> > I feel like HN is decidedly less awful than most other discussion boards
I agree, but that's unfortunately a very low bar these days.
If we got rid of upvotes/downvotes (keep flagging privileges, but make it public record, and abuse-it-you-lose-it) the variety of thought and ideas on HN would 100x overnight.
I agree, but that's unfortunately a very low bar these days.
If we got rid of upvotes/downvotes (keep flagging privileges, but make it public record, and abuse-it-you-lose-it) the variety of thought and ideas on HN would 100x overnight.