Those threads always turn into flamewars that spill out into other threads.

daleharvey · on Jan 10, 2014

Whereas the latest NSA disclosure, facebook privacy setting etc etc leads to a rational though provoking discussion that stays on topic and within its own thread?

jiggy2011 · on Jan 10, 2014

I think NSA discussions now are penalized too.

frandroid · on Jan 10, 2014

It's fairly hard to produce hate speech towards the NSA. It's much more likely to happen when the topic of sexism is brought about.

dictum · on Jan 10, 2014

If they get more comments than upvotes in a window of time (IANpg but last I heard, it was the first 30-45 minutes after submission), they'll suffer the same fate as submissions about sexism in tech.