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I appreciate that. I do wish there were more transparency. Some changes made by moderators are just too mysterious.

• whamlastxmas 10y ago
  Dang has done a pretty good job in the past of commenting when he changes the title or removes dupes/unproductive comment threads. He doesn't always, though. Really we could use more transparency in the "weighting" they do for stories that have no-no keywords (like "NSA") but I can't imagine they'd ever do that.
  • Kinnard 10y ago
    If that's true, it's creepy, scary, and disappointing. I wasn't aware that there were "no-no keywords". I hope it's not true.
    • whamlastxmas 10y ago
      Dang has discussed it himself and even specifically mentioned NSA as one of the keywords. He frames the "weighting" as a way to prevent subjects that get highly upvoted very quickly from overwhelming the front page. The issue here obviously is that this does artificially lower the ranking of select posts, and they're the ones choosing the keywords. I think it's bullshit, but whatever, it's their site.
      • Kinnard 10y ago
        It's disturbing for obvious reasons. You're right . . . it is their site.