HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Do polite societies enforce their politeness via bullying?


Is there any other way to enforce politeness?


  👤 jjgreen Accepted Answer ✓
I don't think there is, but I'd not call it bullying, rather an expectation that rudeness will be met with violence. Glasgow is a particularly polite town I've found.

👤 tomohawk
HN certainly does. HN shadowbans people, for example.

👤 dave4420
There’s also shunning.