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This is another example of HN's front page submission getting aggressively moderated for no good reason. It's been happening a lot lately.
by bitcharmer 6y ago
This is another example of HN's front page submission getting aggressively moderated for no good reason. It's been happening a lot lately.
- dang 6y agoPerhaps you've been seeing it more for some reason, or it has seemed more aggressive to you for some reason, but I can tell you that the way we moderate HN's front page hasn't changed in many years. It's clear to me now that this case was a moderation mistake. We make them sometimes (alas), but that's also been true for many years. Moderation is guesswork. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20guesswork&sort=byDate&type=story&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- jdsully 6y agoIt would be nice to have transparency on mod actions like we have with user actions (aka showdead). People are rightfully more nervous as other platforms are switching to heavy handed moderation.