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The reason we didn't turn off the flamewar detector, and how that relates to moderation of YC-related stories, is explained here https://news.ycombinator.com/it
by sctb 10y ago
The reason we didn't turn off the flamewar detector, and how that relates to moderation of YC-related stories, is explained here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13027515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13027515 and further here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13028145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13028145.
Trust me, there's no room for feeling clever in this job.
- duncanawoods 10y agoHah :) What do you think about leaving the penalties open for user customisation? I find its more miss than hit as a flamewar heuristic and would prefer to scroll past real flamewars rather than know that popular topics are suppressed.
- dang 10y agoJust look at https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active (via https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists, linked at the bottom of each page). It's literally the first rule of HN moderation that we don't suppress stories that are negative about YC or YC startups. More precisely, when stories like that appear, we moderate them less than we usually would. The reason is precisely what you said: long term trust is the most important thing. Also, before being moderators of HN, we're users ourselves, and wouldn't want the site to be moderated that way.