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Taking all of that in-and thank you for offering what you’ve been able to this far-will HN moderation team consider making time to the community for a “town hal
by dvtrn 6y ago
Taking all of that in-and thank you for offering what you’ve been able to this far-will HN moderation team consider making time to the community for a “town hall”/“AMA” going over some of the more opaque or otherwise commonly misunderstood elements of what informs the moderation strategies and tactics deployed in the community?
Given that you’ve stated doing so presently would be an unwieldy and rather involved affair, opening the opportunity for such a transparent display of community engagement at a later date seems like a charitable ask of you?
- dang 6y agoSuch meta threads tend to be rather blah. Also, when dealing with large internet audiences you eventually come to realize that everything is "commonly misunderstood", because no matter how often or how thoroughly you explain things, the vast majority of users don't see it, and the percentage that did see it shrinks over time as new users flow in. So the idea of explaining things to the bulk of the community is sort of a fantasy. The sum of all explanations has measure zero. I'm not happy about that but it is as it is. I'm happy to answer questions and do it every day, but it's better to stick closer to where actual examples come up. What else do you still want to know?