Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN?
My biggest issue is that controversial opinions are buried. It’s too easy for users to flag content they disagree with and then unflagging takes too long. On any topic, there is an acceptable HN Overton window of acceptable opinions and it skews very Silicon Valley. This window is too small for debate. Personally I enjoy reading reasoned, logical, rational arguments that I disagree with because it interests me. But if you throw a bomb here it is defused far too quickly for my taste.