Comment by paxys
3 years ago
This exercise is not about a court of law but any random online forum, for example the kind we are on right now. If you look up the HN participation guidelines you will find they are exactly as vague as the rule in the exercise and open to endless interpretation.
I understand the point of the exercise is to shed light on the vagaries of internet moderation. It’s not a very precise analogy. HN is essentially private property, and nobody needs to wonder things like “is flying a satellite over HN the same as posting on HN?” or “what is a a comment?”
No one said the park wasn’t private property either, conditionally open to the public just like HN ;)
For some reason people think that once it's private property, there is no need to rules or consistency. It's an excuse for intellectual laziness.
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Indeed... As noted, the regulation is quite vague.