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I've been banned on most forums I've frequented for attracting the petty ire of moderators (these are usually low-status, unpaid volunteers starved for power an

I've been banned on most forums I've frequented for attracting the petty ire of moderators (these are usually low-status, unpaid volunteers starved for power and meaning). I'm opinionated and provocative, but I always honor the spirit of the law wherever I choose to be, and dang seems to appreciate that despite probably not liking me as a person. For that I say he's an exceptionally good moderator, but there is certainly a demographic problem on HN that I expect is unfixable and outside management's control. edit: I just looked briefly at the recent threads in your comment history and had to laugh at "I'm afraid I don't really follow what you've written here." And I see your reply here is flagged-and-killed. I continue to not deny any of your complaints specifically.

dimino 7y ago
I've found exactly the opposite. He blatantly lies about situations, gas lights at every opportunity, refuses to himself follow the HN guidelines; his behavior is completely the opposite of the letter and spirit of the HN guidelines. He posts vague, "Please stop" comments on many people he perceives as breaking the HN guidelines, which is a clear violation of the "no low effort posts" HN guideline. When he does elaborate, he violates the HN guideline of arguing the best form of an argument by nitpicking and intentionally misinterpreting what people mean and how they write. Further, he pretends to not understand a situation and simply repeat the vague, "You're breaking the rules". When I tried to interact with a different moderator he refused to let me, without elaborating. He didn't allow me to speak with anyone other than him; I wonder why that is... Dang is not a good moderator, a look at his comment history will reveal that pretty clearly.