"Empirically it might reduce flame wars on HN, but you need to take a long hard consideration as to why it causes flame wars on HN and not other sites."
This is so evidently false that I'm inclined to think it's even contrary to what you suggest; "other sites" is far too ambiguous.
This is so evidently false that I'm inclined to think it's even contrary to what you suggest; "other sites" is far too ambiguous.