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Some conspiratorial minds might even suggest that this may of been intentional seeing that GitLab is a member of Y Combinator

• dang 7y ago
  The first rule of HN moderation is to moderate less, not more, when YC startups are at issue: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20moderate%20less%20not%20more%20yc&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... That doesn't mean we don't moderate at all, just less. For example, in this case, the repost was obviously a dupe by a large margin, so we marked it as a dupe. But when people complained about that, we were more likely to bend the rules because Gitlab is a YC startup. If it were an unrelated company, we would have been more likely to say something like "look you guys, this is standard practice and it's not a borderline call" and left the repost marked as a duplicate.
  • thsowers 7y ago
    My apologies dang, I didn't mean to directly insinuate that this was happening, just that it could lead credence to those rumors. Thanks for taking care of the situation, and for further demonstrating what top notch moderation should look like edit: Thank you for explaining the policy! I think it's excellent.
    • OnlineGladiator 7y ago
      I suspect dang knows there will always be people that accuse him of conspiring with YC companies, and the best thing he can do is to just keep doing his job. I also suspect dang knows that majority of people on HN are grateful for his moderation services.