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Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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Post by rpmisms »

zfg wrote: post #221
dang wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, that's formal. Formal systems that purport to answer all questions in advance are a bureaucratic bane, and as long as I'm in charge of HN, we won't go there. I'm confident that the community feels the same way. If there's any information that someone wants to find out about HN or HN moderation, all they need to do is ask us.

Dude, you're leaving people guessing. That's no good. That is not nice "informality".

I don't like tone policing in general, but be nice to dang. He has earned that courtesy, at least.

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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Post by jppope »

dang wrote: post #218
subless wrote: post #202

Also, thanks to @dang for keeping the community in-line with the rules/guidelines.

I wish. But thanks!

nah its true, this is one of the few places left on the web thats friendly and thoughtful (most of the time at least). That is directly related to your work keeping things civil. thank you

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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Post by raminf »

HN has been a daily read for last 15 years. Appreciate the information flow.

Incidentally, after years of lurking, applied to the latest YC batch. Didn't make it, but will try again once further along, or with a new idea.

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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Post by setnone »

zfg wrote: post #210
thomassmith65 wrote: post #188

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dan's moderation practices are viewable via his comment history*. They align well with my preferences, but, with a little imagination, I can see how some people wouldn't like them. One person's idea of good moderation is another person's terrible moderation. * https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang

You're not seeing everything he does. For example, he removes capabilities from people's accounts and he can't remember why he did it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42917749 He says he likes things to be "informal" by which he really means "opaque".

HN is a very particular public digital garden and @dang is a gardener doing his gardening stuff, just wondering what is your purpose here if you don't mind sharing?

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

dang wrote: post #132
hakaneskici wrote: post #121

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I'm at ~19 years - HN as daily home page since inception :) Before HN, I used to hang out on Joel on Software and Eric's Business of Software forums; I occasionally used to post there and here but lost old accounts. If you have friends who have friends who has HN archeology skills and access, maybe I can recover my old account :)

We can try to dig up your old account if you want! You're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com, or if you want to "do it live", post here and we can ask for the community's help if needed.

Needs more cocaine and angry jacket throwing, lol ;-)

Re: Happy 20th birthday, Y Combinator

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Post by racedude »

Dave_Rosenthal wrote: post #208

I worked with pg in a three-person startup in a basement in Harvard square just before he started YC. I was an undergrad at MIT and met him after arguing with rtm (who was a TA for my class) about TCP backoff. It was called Aspra and we were trying to build an app development platform for mobile phones. The idea was that you could build an application that could "render" to either an IVR system, for dumb phones, or t…

Love this story. Thanks for sharing. I learned about YC/HN via my tools course at Purdue, and it continues to be a great resource.
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