Comment by talldayo
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Civility is not a concept, nor a word, that we employ in HN moderation—we dropped it years ago.
All people are counted as people by HN moderators. If it seems otherwise to you, I imagine that this is a combination of you having (1) not many explicit data points from us and (2) strong priors on the topic.
Sucks for some of us with family in Lebanon but I doubt I'll be seen as human either. I won't name-and-shame, but I've worked at YC-sponsored startups that have asked me verbatim "How does it feel being a goyim, in [your] experience?"
That is not a joke, unfortunately. Thankfully I didn't think highly of YC in the first place so it wasn't horribly shocking.
The Dang is doing a great job at keeping the discussion "civil". As long as one doesn't count certain groups as people.