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It all boils down to the fact that dang, the admin who does the edits, has a history of doing these changes quite rarely and within reason, plus he always leave
by phoe-krk 4y ago
It all boils down to the fact that dang, the admin who does the edits, has a history of doing these changes quite rarely and within reason, plus he always leaves comments when he does so. That approach awarded him some general trust, including mine.
- geuis 4y agoPart of the issue is that it isn't that rare. I guess because I'm reading HN all the time these changes seem fairly frequent, despite overall submission volume. I also have the same trust.
- Chris2048 4y ago> plus he always leaves comments when he does so How do you know this?
- geuis 4y agoHe does do this, and based on reputation it's perfectly fine. But I'd personally prefer to see this as part of the api and UI.
- phoe-krk 4y agoIt takes one scandal stemming from a hostile link change to take this sort of reputation down. Since all of that information is public, to paraphrase Linus, with enough eyes, all HN link changes are shallow.
- Chris2048 4y agoIs it public? I don't see a history attached to posts.