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Re: Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Post by vundercind »

gsuuon wrote: post #71
Etheryte wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN not having those features is a feature in and of itself. It does one thing and does it well, not having the same features as Reddit is exactly why it's better than Reddit.

I'd actually really love the ability to follow just the 'Show HN's of a particular user, for those who consistently post interesting projects. It would at least lessen the FOMO causing me to check HN a little too often.

I’d at least like to be able to choose colors for posters, and auto-collapse some. There are a few very-active posters who basically never post anything aside from confident but poorly-informed flamebait on a wide range of topics (but “HN nice” enough that they don’t get moderated for it, though their threads often get nasty). Making it easier to spot and ignore them would solve most of my problems with HN’s comment section.

[edit] and, flip-side, there are some I’d like to easily be able to spot in large threads, because they’re consistently good.

Re: Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Post by rndmize »

swayvil wrote: post #58
thinkingtoilet wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As others have pointed out, the answer is moderation. High quality, diligent moderation. Reddit is the ultimate proof of this. A highly moderated, focused subreddit can be a wonderful place. A loosely moderated subreddit quickly devolves into memes and lowest common denominator posts, which is totally fine for specific subjects, or even meme-based subreddits for a given topic. If you want quality, you have to invest…

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Honestly, I just don't get this view - moderation provides clear, obvious value. You know what, we can have an experiment. I'll provide a list of things that are handled by moderation, and you pick which ones you think should be moderated.

  * Spam
  * CSAM
  * Gore
  * Porn
  * Doxxing
  * Threats
  * Libel
  * Personal attacks
  * Racism/other 'isms'
  * Flamebait/ragebait
  * Advertisements
  * Insults
  * Duplicates
  * Off-topic
  * Low-effort commentary
  * Swearing
  * Tone/sarcasm
  * Memes
  * Concern trolling/sealioning/etc.

Re: Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Post by azemetre »

lukas099 wrote: post #51
chii wrote: post #42

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> I think HN is far less accessible than Reddit. depends on what you mean by accessible - i assume you don't mean accessibility (for blind/disabled people), but ease of access. HN is way more easily accessed by someone. You are not nagged by a dialog to get you to download the mobile app. HN has way less clutter in their UX (even compared to old.reddit.com). HN has fewer call to action in the UX to do things like sub…

I think they mean that the content is less accessible, as in having less mass appeal

That’s not a real issue tho. Like ever imo.

Niche content will yield niche audiences. As long as you have thoughtful consistent interaction between at least two people that is what matters.

Re: Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Post by [deleted] »

swayvil wrote: post #58
thinkingtoilet wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As others have pointed out, the answer is moderation. High quality, diligent moderation. Reddit is the ultimate proof of this. A highly moderated, focused subreddit can be a wonderful place. A loosely moderated subreddit quickly devolves into memes and lowest common denominator posts, which is totally fine for specific subjects, or even meme-based subreddits for a given topic. If you want quality, you have to invest…

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Re: Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Post by throw151123 »

swayvil wrote: post #58
thinkingtoilet wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As others have pointed out, the answer is moderation. High quality, diligent moderation. Reddit is the ultimate proof of this. A highly moderated, focused subreddit can be a wonderful place. A loosely moderated subreddit quickly devolves into memes and lowest common denominator posts, which is totally fine for specific subjects, or even meme-based subreddits for a given topic. If you want quality, you have to invest…

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Re: Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Post by symlinkk »

thinkingtoilet wrote: post #56
instagraham wrote: post #4

Every guild or community should have a high quality discussion forum like hackernews. But assuming you can translate the learnings from Hackernews to another platform, how exactly would you ensure high quality?

As others have pointed out, the answer is moderation. High quality, diligent moderation. Reddit is the ultimate proof of this. A highly moderated, focused subreddit can be a wonderful place. A loosely moderated subreddit quickly devolves into memes and lowest common denominator posts, which is totally fine for specific subjects, or even meme-based subreddits for a given topic. If you want quality, you have to invest…

Moderation kills discussion. Hacker News and 4chan are lightly moderated and that’s why they’ve survived for a decade plus.

Re: Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Post by bobthepanda »

symlinkk wrote: post #87
thinkingtoilet wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As others have pointed out, the answer is moderation. High quality, diligent moderation. Reddit is the ultimate proof of this. A highly moderated, focused subreddit can be a wonderful place. A loosely moderated subreddit quickly devolves into memes and lowest common denominator posts, which is totally fine for specific subjects, or even meme-based subreddits for a given topic. If you want quality, you have to invest…

Moderation kills discussion. Hacker News and 4chan are lightly moderated and that’s why they’ve survived for a decade plus.

HN looks lightly moderated but there is a reason why the front page is not full of the latest and greatest political flamewar stuff like all the other media sites.

Re: Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Post by krapp »

symlinkk wrote: post #87
thinkingtoilet wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As others have pointed out, the answer is moderation. High quality, diligent moderation. Reddit is the ultimate proof of this. A highly moderated, focused subreddit can be a wonderful place. A loosely moderated subreddit quickly devolves into memes and lowest common denominator posts, which is totally fine for specific subjects, or even meme-based subreddits for a given topic. If you want quality, you have to invest…

Moderation kills discussion. Hacker News and 4chan are lightly moderated and that’s why they’ve survived for a decade plus.

Hacker News is one of the most aggressively moderated forums on the web, what are you talking about?

Re: Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Post by xeromal »

symlinkk wrote: post #87
thinkingtoilet wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As others have pointed out, the answer is moderation. High quality, diligent moderation. Reddit is the ultimate proof of this. A highly moderated, focused subreddit can be a wonderful place. A loosely moderated subreddit quickly devolves into memes and lowest common denominator posts, which is totally fine for specific subjects, or even meme-based subreddits for a given topic. If you want quality, you have to invest…

Moderation kills discussion. Hacker News and 4chan are lightly moderated and that’s why they’ve survived for a decade plus.

It really can work both ways. r/askscience is notoriously heavy handed and an incredible sub.
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