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Well he posted an unsubstantiated comment. I Had a long post and he dismissed it with one line. So there's a little aggression in my response, but I told the tr

Well he posted an unsubstantiated comment. I Had a long post and he dismissed it with one line. So there's a little aggression in my response, but I told the truth, did not insult him or do anything of the sort. There is obviously Zero flame war going on as it's a single post and the rest of the thread extends into a long and "namely curious" discussion which you essentially just hidden from view. This is selective enforcement and you can totally ban me if you want but if you do I would say you're being unfair, dismissive and a bad moderator. Yeah ban me for that minor thing, but please explain to me how you just completely ignored the person who I responded to. Additionally a person responding to the post you flagged decided to call me irrational out of nowhere. I flagged, but again ignored. How is this fair at all?

dang 5y ago
When someone describes their comments as having "a little aggression", usually they vastly and egregiously broke the site guidelines. Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear—we all have a tendency to overestimate what the other person is doing and underestimate what we've contributed ourselves. You posted a huge number of comments in this largely off topic subthread, provoking others repeatedly with swipes and flamebait (by the time we get to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28193336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28193336 that's practically all that's left). This is the way that threads degenerate, and I replied to you because you did by far the most to push it in that direction. It may be true that other users broke the site guidelines also, and if so they shouldn't. But that doesn't mean what they did was equally bad. I'd have to see specific links to know; it's impossible for us to read all the threads thoroughly (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=likeliest%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...), and so it's impossible for moderation to be completely consistent. This is the same reason why cops don't give tickets to all speeders: there are far too many of them. Of course it always feels unfair when you're the one pulled over. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=cops%20speed%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22always%20feels%22%20mods%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

dang 5y ago

When someone describes their comments as having "a little aggression", usually they vastly and egregiously broke the site guidelines. Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear—we all have a tendency to overestimate what the other person is doing and underestimate what we've contributed ourselves. You posted a huge number of comments in this largely off topic subthread, provoking others repeatedly with swipes and flamebait (by the time we get to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28193336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28193336 that's practically all that's left). This is the way that threads degenerate, and I replied to you because you did by far the most to push it in that direction. It may be true that other users broke the site guidelines also, and if so they shouldn't. But that doesn't mean what they did was equally bad. I'd have to see specific links to know; it's impossible for us to read all the threads thoroughly (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=likeliest%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...), and so it's impossible for moderation to be completely consistent. This is the same reason why cops don't give tickets to all speeders: there are far too many of them. Of course it always feels unfair when you're the one pulled over. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=cops%20speed%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22always%20feels%22%20mods%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...