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The typical message that dang leaves when banning an account is something like: "Since we've asked you many times to use HN as intended and you've continued no

The typical message that dang leaves when banning an account is something like: "Since we've asked you many times to use HN as intended and you've continued not to, I've banned the account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html." I assume this applies to all but the most egregious cases (e.g. posting overtly racist nonsense, only posting flamebait/spam, and stuff like that), even when not explicitly stated.

geerlingguy 5y ago
That's quite generous then, I'm mostly basing assumptions on other communities where moderators assume the worst automatically, and you might as well talk to a brick wall... but thinking on it that's not the case on this site. Most of the time ;)
- EdwardDiego 5y ago
  As someone who got on the wrong side of dang, he's a model of light handed moderation. And because he's so reasonable, I feel like I owe it to him personally to stay away from the fanning flamewars behaviour he flagged.
  - ars 5y ago
    I've had the same experience, and his advice has improved my writing. The main thing he advised me: You don't have to "bash" the opposing viewpoint in order to write your own. Just write your own. There are a few things I disagree with him about, but as he's the mod, and I'm not, I accept it and try to avoid those topics.
    - jazzyjackson 5y ago
      "he's the mod and I'm not" certainly brings a lot of civility to a space. Most speculation of "why are people assholes on the internet" tends to center around anonymity, or not seeing each other face to face, but I think the toxicity can also be explained as "who's going to stop me", like 8 year olds seeing what they can get away with. Anywhere comments are simply reported to a faceless beauracracy is rife for abuse.

geerlingguy 5y ago

That's quite generous then, I'm mostly basing assumptions on other communities where moderators assume the worst automatically, and you might as well talk to a brick wall... but thinking on it that's not the case on this site. Most of the time ;)

EdwardDiego 5y ago
As someone who got on the wrong side of dang, he's a model of light handed moderation. And because he's so reasonable, I feel like I owe it to him personally to stay away from the fanning flamewars behaviour he flagged.
- ars 5y ago
  I've had the same experience, and his advice has improved my writing. The main thing he advised me: You don't have to "bash" the opposing viewpoint in order to write your own. Just write your own. There are a few things I disagree with him about, but as he's the mod, and I'm not, I accept it and try to avoid those topics.
  - jazzyjackson 5y ago
    "he's the mod and I'm not" certainly brings a lot of civility to a space. Most speculation of "why are people assholes on the internet" tends to center around anonymity, or not seeing each other face to face, but I think the toxicity can also be explained as "who's going to stop me", like 8 year olds seeing what they can get away with. Anywhere comments are simply reported to a faceless beauracracy is rife for abuse.