On: There isn't much point to HTTP/2 past the load balancer

[arjie]

Almost every web forum enters a phase where participants bring in their pet politics into unrelated discussions. Whether they last or not depends entirely on whether the flamebait/troll creates a large reply structure or a non-existent one. This is why shadowbans are more effective than large groups of people responding angrily. Or, to cite the Deep Magic: "don't feed the trolls".

[timewizard → arjie]

It's hacker news.

If you cared about the plight of these people why not organize to do something about it?

Or is this just finding suffering in the world and then personally capitalizing on it?

I get the dynamic. I find it disgusting here, in particular.