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Ask HN: Where can I follow the changes of HN itself?
Is there any place where all changes to HN are documented and can easily be followed?
As it is now, the HN changes are communicated by people who observed them, from whom these are then spread in a gossip-like way throughout the community. This leads to many time-wasting discussions, here is the latest which I had to endure:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13436538
The continuing lack of transparency at HN is quite annoying. While I see some value in intransparent ranking mechanisms (so it's not too easy to game them), all other changes in software and moderation rules should be communicated publicly and visibly.
I'm thinking of something like a status page or a blog, low traffic, with RSS/Atom feed. For example, I like the "GitHub / ship" blog where I can follow their development, except that an HN version could leave out the advertisement speak without losing anything. (https://github.com/blog/category/ship)
- brudgers 10y agoWhat I suspect is that a lot of the small changes such as not being able to delete comments (without asking the moderators) once they have a reply are a response to non-constructive behaviors which some users are applying systematically. On the other hand, for an informed discussion, I'd suggest contacting the mods.
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- vog 10y agoSerious question: What exactly do you mean with "contacting the mods"? Just writing to hn@ycombinator.com, or is there a dedicated way to contact the mods? (BTW, this is yet another instance of the same problem: There's neither a description of who the mods are, nor how they are organized, nor a clear statement on how they wish to interact with the community.)
- brudgers 10y agoI meant using the link labeled 'contact' at the bottom of most pages as I believe it to be a dedicated way of contacting the mods.