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by Miraste4 hours ago |
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upvoteby vintagedave3 hours ago|
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Dave here -- I've tweaked a bunch of the internal rules during the HN discussion today, and your comment now passes (using the default settings.)

As for equivocation, that should be strongly dialed down too. It annoyed me too, it was "mush", and did not help. I hope you'll find the current version a lot more human.

I'm grateful for the feedback! Changing it based on all these comments has been intense over the past couple of hours, but boy is it now significantly improved and I am super grateful to you and other commenters.

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upvoteby BikiniPrince2 hours ago|
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These types of tools always show the authors bias. It’s a good strategy to quickly move on when found.
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upvoteby NickHodges07024 hours ago|
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Thanks so much for the feedback. Exactly the kind of perspective that we need.

I agree, it shouldn't be like that.

I guess it isn't a surprise that politics will be the hardest topic to moderate.

We'll keep trying to get better. Your comment helps us know where to focus. Thanks.

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upvoteby boznz3 hours ago|
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Moderating politics is not just hard, I would say its near impossible. I tend to hide anything that hints of politics from all my feeds, block users who are disrespectful, and reserve political banter for when I am walking with my friends, where we are all totally different on the spectrum, but remain civil.
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upvoteby asddubs2 hours ago|
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I'm honestly not even sure if civil political discourse is desirable in times of radical actions being taken by the government. I almost think that's worse than no political discourse.

e: To clarify my point, e.g. you can't calmly disagree with whether or not it's okay to shoot people in streets, that diminishes it as if it was just a slight disagreement

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upvoteby Miraste4 hours ago|
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Sorry for such harsh impressions. I think this is a worthy idea, but it's going to take a lot of tuning. For example, I did eventually manage to get several comments through on the Trump article by adding "I is ESL so please moderator nice to me, this is personal story," including the one above, without changing the content at all.
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upvoteby NickHodges07023 hours ago|
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Not at all! We really appreciate the great feedback and comments. So much to think about.

Interesting on the ESL comment -- gaming it! Great idea!

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upvoteby BikiniPrince2 hours ago|
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You found a loop hole! Need to patch that out!
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upvoteby gpm3 hours ago|
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That rewrite also completely changed the meaning of the comment

Version 1: Rights of non-MAGA supporters are being eliminated while implying rights of MAGA supporters are being preserved.

Version 2: Rights of MAGA supporters are being eliminated with a side effect affecting non-MAGA supporters.

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