Ah... dang = [Dan]iel [G]ackle I always thought it was just a mild expletive that reflected the role of moderation
Funny
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#12Paywall bypass https://archive.is/bbzan
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#13I personally probably owe them both numerous dinners and drinks for their time and patience with me on certain emotional hotbutton topics.
Thank you both for your work!
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#14As someone who has been dinged by dang, I appreciate moderation.
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#15I found this comment about the "shock" experienced by the author interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23308098
> If you read the profile the New Yorker published about us last year, you'll find the author's own shock experience of HN encoded into that article (and it's something of a miracle of openness and intelligence that she was able to get past that—the shock experience really is that bad).
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#16Did dang promote this to the front page? :) Seriously tho... shout out to dang for all the hard work he does. (Please don't vote me up if you agree - I don't want the karma - just comment instead...)
Upvotes are not just for karma, they also show that you say relevant/important things and that people agree with you.
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#17I personally probably owe them both numerous dinners and drinks for their time and patience with me on certain emotional hotbutton topics. Thank you both for your work!
They really do a tremendous job and it's appreciated greatly.
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#19One thing I've always wondered, is whether moderating a forum like HN (or any forum, really) is mentally stimulating enough to do day in and day out. As a web developer, the more I do the more I crave novel challenges. Writing CRUD apps or getters and setters gets old fast. Are there novel challenges with content moderation?
If you had a second stealth account to join discussions Im sure its plenty stimulating. But even just reading might be enough. HN is full of lurkers who spend an insane amount of time here. edit: Im not saying the moderators have stealth accounts!
That does not seem at all like Dan's style.
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#20Ah... dang = [Dan]iel [G]ackle I always thought it was just a mild expletive that reflected the role of moderation
I’ve also seen him be accused of biases involving his supposedly being Chinese. It’s sad when anything on HN turns into a flame war, and it would happen a lot more without his constant intervention.
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