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Why don't you inform people when their account is penalized?
by Veen 5y ago
Why don't you inform people when their account is penalized?
- dang 5y agoMainly because the site has always worked this way and I fear unintended side effects from making significant changes. Also, it's not clear how to do it well. I do have some ideas which I'd like to try someday. Here's one: people work well with feedback loops, so telling them that they're penalized and giving them a way to fix it could be a good thing. Unfortunately, it could also just be awful. This place is always one step away from sudden decline, and when walking near a precipice one wants to step carefully.
- Veen 5y agoInteresting. I would not have thought HN would take a Burkean approach to innovations in community management.
- CyberRabbi 5y agoJust send a comment in reply to the comment that caused the punishment. Disable replies, make it time-limited (1 week to 1 year in duration).
- ionwake 5y agoYou once called me out on being overly brash once and I appreciated it, since being more careful when I post. Just my 2 cents but it seemed to work for me.
- newbamboo 5y agoDon’t question Dan. He gets results. Everybody loves his moderation, and if you don’t love the moderation then you should just leave. There’s always Reddit!