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I left after being hounded by trolls and sock puppets and, a year later, far from being deleted (as requested twice by email) my account was instead shadow banned. Of course, likel…

Hi Daniel, would you please remove my account and its all comments.

And I think a hostile nation affecting one's internal politics is an act of war, successful or not. This didn't just damage Hillary, although the media you so deprecate made it int…

The logical extension of your statement means the Russians should be invited to hack the DNC or any enemies of Trump forever because in your opinion leaks about debate questions an…

Authoritarians will do everything in their power to replace fact based journalism with messages that support their ideology with no concern to accuracy. The very definition of auth…

No, only about 10% of billionaires are self made, as in not having inherited wealth or come from wealthy families. And even this is a record high up from a more typical 3%. (and re…

In the 1800s after even after Napoleon there were sporadic uprisings scattered through Europe and around the world, especially in the 1830s and 40s. The Franco-Prussina war was a p…

The period you describe was marked by revolutions, civil wars and world wars not stabilized until after WWII. Things did indeed come out well eventually but that better world most …

Much of the apparent quality is the prohibition of topics that will attract controversy _regardless of their importance_ and regardless of the authenticity of the commenters who sp…

Given that the topic is about a German government action, it's safe to say it very much is a concern for free societies and not a product of US media. And therefore I fear you conj…

If accurate information is in fact one sided, it will look like the purveyor is pushing an agenda. And in fact every competent news source including the Atlantic, WaPo, CNN, the Gu…

Casting doubt on what constitutes a fact is core to the maintenance of power in a dictatorship. Those who now believe there is an equivalence between far-right propaganda (some of …

Unfortunately being right is of small consultation if the situation is plunged into economic, diplomatic and military disaster by an ill-informed tweeting leader.

This is actually a very serious problem. Not necessarily astroturfing but high quality topics are easily swept from the front page or the replies turn into an endless slop of loony…

And so hiring managers simply reject older candidates out of hand. No matter what level of training/education the candidate has (and likely his existing skill set far exceeds the v…

Contrary to international opinion, China believes the South China Sea is in territory owing to an 1940s document containing an '11 dash line' So in the legal opinion of all the wor…

Direct theft of hardware, however, is distinct escalation. The US's 'freedom of navigation' exercises have going on for quite some time.

non-compete clause

>Or maybe the job their trying to fill isn't worth that much to them (the employers, that is)? Just imagine the businesses that suddenly become profitable if employers could provid…

>...combined with McCarthy's wet dream... His dreams really can come true: http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/06/13/fox-s-gingrich-call...

What if, regardless of the likelihood of deletion, there were no harm in making backups and one obstacle was funding? Would not a post to a site frequented by members of the scient…

The unstated premises of your one sentence rhetorical is that spam, trolling and elevated emotions do not degrade discourse. This is erroneous. I (if my personal case matters) was …

Excessive comments trigger the 'controversial topic' penalty which drives it from the front page. A conversation requires informed participants. There are few participants on topic…