I don't like the mob thing either but it's how large group dynamics on the internet work (by default). We try to mitigate it where we can but there's not a lot of knowledge about how to do that.
If I could say anything, it would be to stand by your TOS and limit political threads. We are here for tech related news. That’s what HN is great at.
10 years now on HN.
"Intellectual curiosity" naturally calling for the technically inclined.