Comment by uoaei
The people who "operate" the website are different from the people who "moderate" the website but both are paid positions.
This fru-fru about how "we all play a part" is only serving to obscure the reality.
The people who "operate" the website are different from the people who "moderate" the website but both are paid positions.
This fru-fru about how "we all play a part" is only serving to obscure the reality.
HN brought on a second mod (Tim, this year, iirc)
My email exchanges with Dang, as part of the moderation that happens around here, have all been positive
1. I've been moderated, got a slowdown timeout for a while
2. I've emailed about specific accounts, (some egregious stuff you've probably never seen)
3. Dang once emailed me to ask why I flagged a story that was near the top, but getting heavily flagged by many users. He sought understanding before making moderation choices
I will defend HN moderation people & policies 'til the cows come home. There is nothing close to what we have here on HN, which is largely about us being involved in the process and HN having a unique UX and size
As an anonymous coward on HN for at least a decade, I'd say that's not really true.
When paul graham was more active and respected here, I spoke negatively about how revered he was. I was upvoted.
I also think VC-backed companies are not good for society. And have expressed as much. To positive response here.
We shouldn't shit on one of the few bastions of the internet we have left.
I regret my negativity around pg - he was right about a lot and seems to be a good guy.
I'm sure this site works quite differently from what you say. There's no paid team of moderators flicking stories and comments off the site because management doesn't like them.
There's dang who I've seen edit headlines to match the site rules. Then there's the army of users upvoting and flagging stories, voting (up and down) and flagging comments. If you have some data to backup your sentiments, please do share it - we'd certainly like to evaluate it.