Comment by CRConrad

> I'm unsure whether the most charitable reading of your comment is to assume you missed that these linked phrases exist on the original site but were not included in the text copied into the comment above, or something else:

> * "bad actors" links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms

> * "destroy lives" links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms#Suicides_of_harassm...

As has already been pointed out, HN isn't "Kiwi Farms" (whatever that is), so WTF does that have to do with their whining specifically about HN???

> While you may be correct that initial "trolls get flagged", the statement on the Asahi site agrees that while the initial comment may be flagged & killed, the other comments in the subthread are still indexed, visible & tend not to get moderated/flag:

> "Unfortunately, when a comment is flagged and killed, its child subthread is not. [...] but the reduced moderation activity enables abuse to continue. Although you don't see those threads, search engines do."

And what's the problem with, I assume they mean, not all comments in subthreads of dead comments also being automatically killed? I read HN with "Show dead" on, so I get to see those with a simple click of "[... more]", and I usually open them. What I've found is that the absolute majority of these responses are sensible comments pointing out what's wrong with the original inappropriate comment.

So the "problem" they're complaining about is not only not a problem; it's actually the remedy for that exact issue. The banner is not only childishly whiny, but actually self-contradictory. In short, it's stupid.