Thanks for the warning, dang. I often see Indian political flamewars here and I know what they are, but I didn't realize that online political discussions from Sweden exist on HN, and they're even more toxic than their U.S. counterparts (e.g. immigration, gender, etc). I just enabled "Show Dead" and went to your link and it instantly ruined my day, reminds me of 4chan /pol/ threads. Thanks again for keeping them under control, time to disable "Show Dead" and forgot what I just saw...
> The problem is the statelessness of the internet.
I fully understand your frustration. I always thought forums are much better since Twitter is a worse offender - you have to repeat what you've just said 10 minutes ago after a new person has joined the conversation - but for someone who moderates forums daily, I guess it's basically the same experience.