same here. thanks guys!
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#52as someone whose writing ends up on here from time to time, I really appreciate the HN mods' work to keep discussion on topic & constructive. It's obviously a tough job and every time I've emailed them with a concern they've been very helpful.
And as an aside, I absolutely love your writing.
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#53Fuck those guys
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#54dang called me a troll after I simply asked him exactly what it was about my comment that warranted it being removed. So, no thanks actually.
Looking at your screenshot you post elsewhere ( https://ibb.co/hoSMHK ), I have to agree with them insofar as you need to know when to quit. Running a forum is hard work and everyone wants to devolve every mod decision into rules lawyering, like "well, then why wasn't this specific thing in the rules?" No, there can't be a rule for literally everything, so you're just going to have to be an adult and take it on the c…
The "legalistic gambit" is definitely a real thing. I've just learned the other day that there's a neologism for this: "sealioning" [1], defined as
> pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility
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#55Fuck dang,
He's a lying piece of shit.
The moderation policy is an excuse for excessive censorship that's unevenly applied. HN an west coast liberal elite echo chamber and dang a Butler.
Fuck you dang.
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#56Yep moderation is a thankless job, so today we ah, give thanks, as it were!
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#57F&3& dang,
He's a lying piece of s&$@.
The moderation policy is an excuse for excessive censorship that's unevenly applied. HN an west coast liberal elite echo chamber and dang a Butler.
F#_$ you dang.
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#58Yes, thanks! The level of conversation here is unmatched. The set of things Dan and Scott have done to improve upon even the historical baseline are amazing (e.g., resubmit to front page for good submissions that got missed). HN is where I’ve turned for years for honest discussion, and thanks to our moderators I expect it will be for years to come.
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#59Although Ive seen questionable decisions occasionally, over 99% of what Ive seen with showdead on was a tremendous volume of useless or negative comments HN is better of without. That's on top of work to stop things like vote manipulations. dang also intervened to calm my ass down in some scruffles. Agreeing or disagreeing, he always respinded to my questions or gripes in email with thoughtful points.
So, thanks Dan and Scott for all the good work you do keeping the comment sections higher quality than most of the Internet. :)
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#60Yeah, let's all thank Ian Murdock's friends in need!
'Member when the suicidal millionaire was trying to delay his suicide by venting on Reddit and HN, but he was shunned by everybody and his threads were deleted?
The next day you were all busy congratulating the censors for speeding up a natural process and assuring them they had no blood on their hands. Isn't social darwinism beautiful?
Let's all celebrate the SV ethos with an article about the "riff raff" that doesn't deserve to live: https://justink.svbtle.com/open-letter-to-mayor-ed-lee-and-g...