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You can ignore dang, he's not going to be part of this community for much longer, and I'm working to ensure that. Turns out he's got a very very NASTY history a

You can ignore dang, he's not going to be part of this community for much longer, and I'm working to ensure that. Turns out he's got a very very NASTY history and I'm having a lot of fun digging it up.

krapp 8y ago
You're a perfect example of what is going wrong with this community. Maybe I am too, to an extent, but definitely you, and whoever vouched for your comments.
- dang 8y ago
  I unkilled that comment.
  - krapp 8y ago
    Why?! All of lightedman's comments here are terrible, and they're just threatening to dox you here like some angsty edgelord, which is absolutely not acceptable. It deserves to be flagged, as does my response, to be honest. I shouldn't have fallen for the bait. But still, anyone else would likely lose their vouching privileges for that.
    - lightedman 8y ago
      >All of lightedman's comments here are terrible No, all of my comments regarding HN are terrible - to you. Sadly, they echo many others. And they, too, have reason. Pure fact: Shadowbanning is 100% cowardice. It is lazy. It requires zero effort. And all that does is further reinforce our view that the moderation staff is bull-headed, piggish, and outright stupid. The rest of my comments, in technical threads, are fucking spot-on when it comes to my topics. But those don't get seen, as well as all the other help I've tried to provide by answering questions that people ask here - IN SPITE OF the moderators hiding useful comments AND ONLY UNKILLING THE BAD ONES.
    - dang 8y ago
      Yes, but when people see comments like that which are dead, they often accuse us of having censored them for personal or business reasons. Some people make that accusation with such force that a few readers might believe it, even though it's false. I'd rather preempt the issue by doing the opposite proactively. Also, I suspect it's helpful for regular users to occasionally see the sort of of assault that gets directed at us for trying to keep the peace here. Edit: oh and there's another reason. It sometimes seems to happen that a user like this is surprised to see that we've treated them more kindly than they expected, and they reform their ways and become good contributors. I'm not saying it happens often, but it's worth giving it a shot.

krapp 8y ago

You're a perfect example of what is going wrong with this community. Maybe I am too, to an extent, but definitely you, and whoever vouched for your comments.

dang 8y ago
I unkilled that comment.
- krapp 8y ago
  Why?! All of lightedman's comments here are terrible, and they're just threatening to dox you here like some angsty edgelord, which is absolutely not acceptable. It deserves to be flagged, as does my response, to be honest. I shouldn't have fallen for the bait. But still, anyone else would likely lose their vouching privileges for that.
  - lightedman 8y ago
    >All of lightedman's comments here are terrible No, all of my comments regarding HN are terrible - to you. Sadly, they echo many others. And they, too, have reason. Pure fact: Shadowbanning is 100% cowardice. It is lazy. It requires zero effort. And all that does is further reinforce our view that the moderation staff is bull-headed, piggish, and outright stupid. The rest of my comments, in technical threads, are fucking spot-on when it comes to my topics. But those don't get seen, as well as all the other help I've tried to provide by answering questions that people ask here - IN SPITE OF the moderators hiding useful comments AND ONLY UNKILLING THE BAD ONES.
  - dang 8y ago
    Yes, but when people see comments like that which are dead, they often accuse us of having censored them for personal or business reasons. Some people make that accusation with such force that a few readers might believe it, even though it's false. I'd rather preempt the issue by doing the opposite proactively. Also, I suspect it's helpful for regular users to occasionally see the sort of of assault that gets directed at us for trying to keep the peace here. Edit: oh and there's another reason. It sometimes seems to happen that a user like this is surprised to see that we've treated them more kindly than they expected, and they reform their ways and become good contributors. I'm not saying it happens often, but it's worth giving it a shot.