I agree. I dislike slashdot because of their over-agressive moderation tactics. I think HN feels like a more natural conversation. As long as bad comments aren't in the majority I still like reading the threads.
>I dislike slashdot because of their over-agressive moderation tactics. //
I left /. because the story quality slid. I don't find the moderation there to be any more aggressive than here - 'cept here it's passive aggressive, you can just get hidden without being given a warning or any indication here. At least it seems to be distributed and open to meta-moderation whilst here it seems there's a hidden cabal of moderators who get to act independently [that may not be the case, that's the perception].
