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Am I crazy or was there a comment in this thread calling out the moderators of HN and their own censorship? Did it disappear as well?
by ccktlmazeltov 6y ago
Am I crazy or was there a comment in this thread calling out the moderators of HN and their own censorship? Did it disappear as well?
- jb775 6y agoDiscussion was buried low the comments because it was "down-weighted" by the moderators: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223555#23225685 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223555#23225685
- koheripbal 6y agoI don't remember exactly, but originally my comment wasn't top-level. Did the mods do that, or is that automatic with high karma comments or something?
- dang 6y agoWe sometimes do that to protect an on-topic subthread from suffering the fate of its on-topic parent. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23225522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23225522
- dang 6y agoThe thread you're referring to is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223555. There is ample explanation there of what happened.
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- ccktlmazeltov 6y agothanks for the hard work here dang, I really appreciate your moderation. I hope you can appreciate our inquisitions from time to time. I think this kind of model works well in general to keep both sides accountable.