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If there was one simple thing that could improve the quality of HN, it would be a new section of all recent moderator actions whether they be automatic or manua
by adrianwaj 16y ago
If there was one simple thing that could improve the quality of HN, it would be a new section of all recent moderator actions whether they be automatic or manual: bans, privilege removal, etc.
People would know the right things to do and why (by seeing the wrong things), and they also see the implementation of the guidelines.
The only issue is that protests may be raised, but the benefit is transparency. Also, something good may come of the protests anyhow.
- metamemetics 16y agoI think thats the wrong direction, the community should be in a self-policing equilibrium with a demphasis on moderator action. If moderator action has to become frequent enough to have a news feed on it, then the community isn't being given enough opportunities to police itself. Downvoting above a certain karma on comments has worked wonders as Hacker news has great discussions. It gives an easy way for the community to state they value insight over snarky observation or trolling. I think the same feature needs to simply be added to submissions as well. It will allow the community to inform members that they do not value resubmissions of things already on the front page or linkbaiting to old topics, without requiring moderator action.
- adrianwaj 16y agoIt'd be interesting to see an up/down tally on karma for any given comment score, like at http://www.urbandictionary.com/ http://www.urbandictionary.com/ You'd see the controversy or variability around a comment. On Digg, I think submissions reaching some threshold of buries get killed, even of already obtaining lots of digs.