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That thread was moderated. You can tell because the founder’s opening introduction was pinned above dang pinning his own comment about a related thread. Those a
by dippindots44 5y ago
That thread was moderated. You can tell because the founder’s opening introduction was pinned above dang pinning his own comment about a related thread. Those are conscious moderator actions which are about as transparent as it gets and illuminate the thinking on the other side (hint: you’re not aligned, but it sounds like you already expected that)
- markdown 5y agoExcept @dang was hiding negative comments about You.com. There's nothing transparent about that.
- detaro 5y agowhich negative comments where hidden? The entire threads are full of negative sentiment?
- dippindots44 5y agoHe replied to you explaining his reasons for detaching your completely shit comment. I found that explanation in ten seconds just by clicking on your name. I also found you replying to his reply, so it’s amusing to see you claim what went down wasn’t transparent. You were there, friendo. Way to go all debate club on dang with a clearly hurt essay after a pointless observation about the name being used as a verb didn’t score as you’d like. Don’t dilute this thread about (legitimately interesting) turfing with your simmering annoyance from being moderated for good reason. We all see what happened, it’s fairly transparent
- markdown 5y agoThis is HN, where how startups market and position themselves is discussed just as much as their tech stack is. In the context of a Show HN, pointing out a terrible name is just as relevant as pointing out bad code or a bug. A comment being negative =/= it being "completely shit".
- eitland 5y agoAlso dang did that to the other big Show HN story yesterday: "Show HN: I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer" so it seems to be a new thing he does independently of if the post is by a YC company or not.