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Dang, this is irrelevant to the topic but I needed to ask it. Are you an individual or several 'users/employees/maintainers' using the same username? Your omnip

Dang, this is irrelevant to the topic but I needed to ask it. Are you an individual or several 'users/employees/maintainers' using the same username? Your omnipresent has always been intriguing to me

fastball 6y ago
It is one guy. He is full-time employed by YC to maintain HN. https://blog.ycombinator.com/meet-the-people-taking-over-hacker-news/ https://blog.ycombinator.com/meet-the-people-taking-over-hac... https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...
wfleming 6y ago
I believe Dang is Daniel. There was an interesting New Yorker article about HN's moderation a while back you might enjoy: http://archive.is/QiDtu http://archive.is/QiDtu.
EvanAnderson 6y ago
I was amused to learn that he's "Dan G" and not "dang!", too. I still think of him as "dang!", though. I also really appreciate the thankless job he does here. Thanks, Dan! (Does that mean it's not thankless now... Should I edit this comment? Arrghh!)
- dang 6y ago
  It's both: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22767296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22767296 (The inimitable DonHopkins provided the perfect gloss)
DoreenMichele 6y ago
Like Doreen Traylor, Dan Gackle is a figment of your imagination. But he's very polite and well behaved, so he's a figment I enjoy being acquainted with via internet.
dang 6y ago
Just a guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVHq4xo5wcA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVHq4xo5wcA To answer your question more directly: yes I'm a person, and we'd never have multiple people hide behind the same username. That corporate hologram shit makes my skin crawl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrBPFNX23mU#t=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrBPFNX23mU#t=6
- mirimir 6y ago
  > That corporate hologram shit makes my skin crawl. One reason that I love HN is that the primary mod says shit like that.
- pvg 6y ago
  The job seems more like M. Piedlourde.

Dang, this is irrelevant to the topic but I needed to ask it. Are you an individual or several 'users/employees/maintainers' using the same username? Your omnipresent has always been intriguing to me

fastball 6y ago

It is one guy. He is full-time employed by YC to maintain HN. https://blog.ycombinator.com/meet-the-people-taking-over-hacker-news/ https://blog.ycombinator.com/meet-the-people-taking-over-hac... https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...

wfleming 6y ago

I believe Dang is Daniel. There was an interesting New Yorker article about HN's moderation a while back you might enjoy: http://archive.is/QiDtu http://archive.is/QiDtu.

EvanAnderson 6y ago

I was amused to learn that he's "Dan G" and not "dang!", too. I still think of him as "dang!", though. I also really appreciate the thankless job he does here. Thanks, Dan! (Does that mean it's not thankless now... Should I edit this comment? Arrghh!)

dang 6y ago
It's both: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22767296 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22767296 (The inimitable DonHopkins provided the perfect gloss)

DoreenMichele 6y ago

Like Doreen Traylor, Dan Gackle is a figment of your imagination. But he's very polite and well behaved, so he's a figment I enjoy being acquainted with via internet.

dang 6y ago

Just a guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVHq4xo5wcA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVHq4xo5wcA To answer your question more directly: yes I'm a person, and we'd never have multiple people hide behind the same username. That corporate hologram shit makes my skin crawl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrBPFNX23mU#t=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrBPFNX23mU#t=6

mirimir 6y ago
> That corporate hologram shit makes my skin crawl. One reason that I love HN is that the primary mod says shit like that.
pvg 6y ago
The job seems more like M. Piedlourde.