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>>zdw+(OP)
The moderation mechanisms are the very tools that enforce this cult-like mentality.

And threat of suppression, of course.

>>OnlyRe+04
Bit of an awkward moment for a searing indictment, as we'd just turned off flags on the OP. With suppression like that, who needs promotion?

It's a common misconception, but Hacker News really isn't identified with or immersed in Silicon Valley. Those of us moderating it are largely on the margins of SV and always have been, and the community by no means has its center of gravity there. It's globally distributed and on the whole rather anti-SV in orientation.

(The parent was originally a reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16182520 but I detached it to contain this offtopicness.)

>>dang+X5
You turned off flags, but now you’re doing something else yourself. You’re being honest, but not really telling the whole story.

Your thumb is very much on the scale however, where existing community sentiment doesn’t do the job.

Edit: I didn’t intend to be cryptic or confuse you. I mean just that proclaiming you’ve put one of many tools on the shelf for this thread in no way implies what you tried to imply.