I remember pg actively detecting when two users start replying to each other quickly on HN, and will throttle how quickly each both see the reply in the hopes of de-escalating.
I think he also found that as two people argued down a thread, their wall of text gets thinner and thinner, and more annoying to read, and hoped that was a deterrence as well.
I think he also found that as two people argued down a thread, their wall of text gets thinner and thinner, and more annoying to read, and hoped that was a deterrence as well.