And this is exactly why I have such a deep distaste for typical forum "moderation"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10804163

Dang seemed to presume that everyone here would just "gawk" at Ian's issues. He assumed that Ian's cries for help would be responded to in bad faith.

Had "Dang" simply left the post alone, it's very likely that some people here could have touched base with Ian and prevented this suicide from happening.

Instead the thread was deleted, for no reason other than a moderator unilaterally decided to remove it based on prejudice. Now Ian is dead without anyone here being given a chance to intervene, when they would have had the opportunity if the thread front-paged.