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> But in any case the GP was a snarky, shallow dismissal, which is not what we want here, regardless of who the target is. So no plausible charitable interpre

> But in any case the GP was a snarky, shallow dismissal, which is not what we want here, regardless of who the target is. So no plausible charitable interpretation this time? A little bit hypocritical dont you think? I think you are confusing your role of moderator with one of mindless cheerleader. But who knows? Maybe that's part of the job so no judgment there.

dang 6y ago
I don't see a plausible interpretation of "all this theorizing are just post-hoc rationalizations to satisfy your ego" that isn't a snarky, shallow dismissal (of someone's work, btw, as the site guidelines ask you specifically not to do: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html), and a personal attack to boot. I've posted so many moderation comments over the years that I'm comfortable saying "regardless of who the target is". If anyone bothered to look through that backlog (not that anyone would or should), they'd find me responding that way across a pretty full spectrum of positions and views [1], depending on whoever or whatever the commenter breaking the guidelines was going after. I don't see why threads about pg essays should be excluded from bog-standard moderation. (It's true that I've also been posting some of my personal views in this thread and the last pg essay thread, but those are different from moderation replies. You can tell them apart by whether or not they say "please" and link to the HN guidelines.) Btw also, please don't copy/paste comments, as you did here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25400058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25400058. It strictly lowers signal/noise ratio. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=regardless%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

dang 6y ago

I don't see a plausible interpretation of "all this theorizing are just post-hoc rationalizations to satisfy your ego" that isn't a snarky, shallow dismissal (of someone's work, btw, as the site guidelines ask you specifically not to do: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html), and a personal attack to boot. I've posted so many moderation comments over the years that I'm comfortable saying "regardless of who the target is". If anyone bothered to look through that backlog (not that anyone would or should), they'd find me responding that way across a pretty full spectrum of positions and views [1], depending on whoever or whatever the commenter breaking the guidelines was going after. I don't see why threads about pg essays should be excluded from bog-standard moderation. (It's true that I've also been posting some of my personal views in this thread and the last pg essay thread, but those are different from moderation replies. You can tell them apart by whether or not they say "please" and link to the HN guidelines.) Btw also, please don't copy/paste comments, as you did here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25400058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25400058. It strictly lowers signal/noise ratio. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=regardless%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...