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Yea wow, I don't moderate r/askhistorians but rather a different sub, and we sometimes pride ourselves on keeping this relatively clean. But then I stumble acr

by dmoy 6y ago

Yea wow, I don't moderate r/askhistorians but rather a different sub, and we sometimes pride ourselves on keeping this relatively clean. But then I stumble across r/askhistorians again and remember that no, no we don't have things under control by comparison. We can barely keep a lid on the vitriol and toxicity, and some of the more blatantly false/scammy advice. r/askhistorians is a whole 'nother level. Sometimes I honestly wish hackernews was run more like r/askhistorians. Too many people here on hn talk a lot of shit on stuff they don't really know much about beyond a cursory understanding (I'm probably guilty myself).

vikramkr 6y ago
What do they do well that can be transferred without basically asking the mods to do more work? Isn't it just a manpower thing? Or do they have a way of verifying expertise etc so you know you're getting answers from experts without having to moderate each comment?
- dmoy 6y ago
  > What do they do well that can be transferred without basically asking the mods to do more work? Nothing > Isn't it just a manpower thing? Yes > Or do they have a way of verifying expertise etc so you know you're getting answers from experts without having to moderate each comment? Well ok yeah I think they can vet expertise beforehand and then have a smaller list of approved posters, but most of the stuff I suspect just gets sent into the moderation queue requiring more humanpower to deal with. That's why I say "I wish" heh, it's non practical here
trav4225 6y ago
> Too many people here on hn talk a lot of shit on stuff they don't really know much about beyond a cursory understanding Amen, amen!
1_player 6y ago
> Sometimes I honestly wish hackernews was run more like r/askhistorians. I don't. The moderation and voting/karma system on HN is much better than anything seen on Reddit. People have stupid opinions everywhere in life, but this is one of a few rare havens where it's incredibly easy to find deep and interesting conversation. Reddit ain't it.
- dmoy 6y ago
  You should spend some time on r/askhistorians then, because it's very much unlike the rest of reddit. It's not perfect of course, but... I see more blatantly false armchair comments here at the top of threads loudly proclaiming something that is not correct than I do in r/askhistorians. I can only tell when it's a topic that I'm actually expert in, so I don't know for sure. But, Gell Mann amnesia...
InternetUser 6y ago
Yeah, you're right. HN should allow participation only from people with at least 2 years of education in a Computer Science program.

by dmoy 6y ago

vikramkr 6y ago

What do they do well that can be transferred without basically asking the mods to do more work? Isn't it just a manpower thing? Or do they have a way of verifying expertise etc so you know you're getting answers from experts without having to moderate each comment?

dmoy 6y ago
> What do they do well that can be transferred without basically asking the mods to do more work? Nothing > Isn't it just a manpower thing? Yes > Or do they have a way of verifying expertise etc so you know you're getting answers from experts without having to moderate each comment? Well ok yeah I think they can vet expertise beforehand and then have a smaller list of approved posters, but most of the stuff I suspect just gets sent into the moderation queue requiring more humanpower to deal with. That's why I say "I wish" heh, it's non practical here

trav4225 6y ago

> Too many people here on hn talk a lot of shit on stuff they don't really know much about beyond a cursory understanding Amen, amen!

1_player 6y ago

> Sometimes I honestly wish hackernews was run more like r/askhistorians. I don't. The moderation and voting/karma system on HN is much better than anything seen on Reddit. People have stupid opinions everywhere in life, but this is one of a few rare havens where it's incredibly easy to find deep and interesting conversation. Reddit ain't it.

dmoy 6y ago
You should spend some time on r/askhistorians then, because it's very much unlike the rest of reddit. It's not perfect of course, but... I see more blatantly false armchair comments here at the top of threads loudly proclaiming something that is not correct than I do in r/askhistorians. I can only tell when it's a topic that I'm actually expert in, so I don't know for sure. But, Gell Mann amnesia...

InternetUser 6y ago

Yeah, you're right. HN should allow participation only from people with at least 2 years of education in a Computer Science program.