The masses will never use HN, BlueSky, Reddit, etc. because they are control freaks over speech - they don’t let people share their opinions and they are too ban happy.

A guy like Dang will never make anything people want because he gets off too much on shutting people down.

Any kind of moderator culture type scenario will always be an echo chamber and cesspool.

That’s why X wins.

Look at this very comment section:

If you join X you are a literal Nazi

Nobody likes that

I left reddit a few years ago now specifically because of the confederated moderators pushing their own censorship.

X doesn't let people share their opinions and are very ban happy, too.

> The masses will never use HN

That's a feature I'm thankful for.

> they are control freaks over speech - they don’t let people share their opinions and they are too ban happy.

I constantly shit on capital interests here, and am thrilled they tolerate it considering what YC does as a company. This place has extremely fair moderation compared to basically all other platforms, including X (don't forget about rampant dark patterns).

> A guy like Dang will never make anything people want because he gets off too much on shutting people down.

I don't know him, but that seems absurd based on all posts I've seen by him. Also, if you want something so bad, build it yourself or stfu.