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New comment by NickHodges0702 in "Show HN: Respectify – A comment moderator that teaches people to argue better"

NickHodges0702 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:53:19 +0000

Thanks for this. This is exactly our viewpoint and what we are trying to do.

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NickHodges0702 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:49:31 +0000

Thanks for giving it a look.

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NickHodges0702 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:48:49 +0000

:-)

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NickHodges0702 — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:48:03 +0000

Thanks for all this. We'll look into it. Perhaps we tried to be too "cool" by half....

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:00:39 +0000

We've had people tell us the site is slow. We are looking into it. It seems somewhat hit or miss.....

And do you mean the commenting process, or just the site itself?

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:59:31 +0000

Thanks for this great feedback.

I get where you are coming from. I do -- I have much the same attitude after years of online discussions.

And I get that it wouldn't be for everyone everywhere.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:57:29 +0000

Ouch -- not good. Thanks for letting us know.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:56:48 +0000

Thanks for the feedback! We'll look into this kind of thing -- others have said the same thing, that two sides of the same coin get treated differently.

Thank you.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:55:32 +0000

Hey! Thanks so much for giving a good effort and for letting us know what happened.

This is exactly the kind of thing we need and want to know. I'm grateful.

Glad you would be interested -- appreciate it!

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:53:18 +0000

Yes, that's what we are looking for here! :-)

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:52:44 +0000

Yeah, we have the idea of a "Discussion Arena" for people who have proven that they can be good-faith actors to discuss topics of interest.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:51:34 +0000

Thanks for the feedback.

One of the ideas we have is a "Discussion Arena" where a small group of informed people who are good-faith actors have a conversation, and the "Audience" can have side conversations that are moderated by Respectify.

There may be sucha thing now, but I'm not aware of it.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:49:36 +0000

Interesting idea and approach. Thanks for the feedback.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:48:45 +0000

Thanks -- I appreciate that.

If this takes off, we want to be a "Calm Company"

https://calmfund.com/

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:46:21 +0000

Great test comment -- thanks!

We know that comments like this will probably slip through the cracks, and that a determined commenter will get comments like this by the system.

But we like to think that Respectify provides a lot of friction for that to happen, and thus can still be very effective.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:42:23 +0000

Holy Makeral -

Your site is fantastic! Well done!

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:41:08 +0000

Yes - the customer gets the same settings that are available on the demo.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:40:27 +0000

We've had that feedback from some folks and are trying to figure out the problem. Thanks for letting us know.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:39:08 +0000

This is great feedback for us -- thank you.

We are well aware that this type of tool will "push a lot of buttons", but we obviously believe that there is a place for it.

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NickHodges0702 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:37:04 +0000

Well, yes, we think so, too.

No tool will stop the determined bad actor.