[apologies, wasn’t trying to respond to gracchus]
True, but they get hidden awfully easily, which guides the discussion. This post for example is the one I was referring to in the thread about bees:
I don’t know if you can see the revision history, but the fact that the initial post was even hidden says to me that the flagging system has some issues. I didn’t realize that editing it restores the post, that’s a brilliant feature, but still I think it’s all contributing to a, well, an echo chamber. Sorry to use that cliche, but it fits here more lately than ever, and I’ve been reading and loving BoingBoing comment threads since they were introduced years and years ago.
It’s certainly possible I’m wrong, but I don’t remember any insults. He or she was simply telling people to calm down and that they were overreacting. Respectfully dissenting.
For whatever it’s worth, seconded.
