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That it wasn't touched by mods was exactly my point. This feature that's ostensibly a "flame war detector" is effectively admins exercising editorial control ov
by throwaway420 10y ago
That it wasn't touched by mods was exactly my point. This feature that's ostensibly a "flame war detector" is effectively admins exercising editorial control over content if overriding it is inconsistently applied.
- sctb 10y agoI'm not sure I see this as distinct from the standard moderation penalties that we do actively apply regularly. And when users ask in those cases we say we've done so (https://hn.algolia.com/?query=dang%20penalty&sort=byPopularity&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=dang%20penalty&sort=byPopulari...). Another way of putting this is that plausible deniability isn't valuable to us. We're clear on what this site is for, and we're open about how moderation practices are intended to support that. Though we can't be perfect, we do actively strive to avoid bias that would take us away from the goals of the site and of the community.