It can definitely be an echo chamber, the mods tend to flag/ [dead]/ bury posts ...

Aeolun · on Nov 24, 2022

I don’t think you can have both. The mods cannot flag/bury things for no reason, and then have 4chan when you turn on [dead] visibility.

I’m personally of the opinion that even things which get flagged on here are pretty tame compared to the rest of the internet (e.g. reddit)

superdisk · on Nov 25, 2022

Like 80% of dead comments I see here are actually very valuable and reasoned.

nabakin · on Nov 25, 2022

I have dead turned on and haven't seen this myself. Any examples?

superdisk · on Nov 26, 2022

Someone replied to you claiming he's shadowbanned, and sure enough it's a dead comment and 90% of his stuff is dead as well, despite seeming to be pretty innocuous. Turn showdead on and see for yourself.

sph · on Nov 25, 2022

Keep in mind that the anti-spam system is sometimes overzealous and marks new accounts as dead. Vouch those good comments whenever you see them.

But in many cases, some dead comments are from extremely toxic people in a rare moment of sanity.