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Dang, thank you for everything you do - Happy Holidays!! For the unfamiliar, here’s more information on Dang: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silic

Dang, thank you for everything you do - Happy Holidays!! For the unfamiliar, here’s more information on Dang: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...

ignoramous 4y ago
Some more Daniel Gackle appreciation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25225775 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25225775
fragmede 4y ago
And the related discussion of said link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30374040 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30374040 There's a real wealth of thoughts from dang about this site buried in there! Also definitions for MOT (Major Ongoing Topic) and SNI (Specific New Information) which I'd not seen before.
- O__________O 4y ago
  Direct link to Dang’s comment covering topics of “Major Ongoing Topic” and “Specific New Information” mentioned above: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902490
agolio 4y ago
> In an Emacs file, Gackle collects ... I would love to see this "Emacs file" :D Jokes aside, a nice article
defrost 4y ago
and an obligatory NewYorker alt link: https://archive.ph/DfXFL https://archive.ph/DfXFL Best wishes to all.
olivermuty 4y ago
Up until this moment I assumed Dang was a last name and visualized an asian person whenever the name popped up. Cool article :)
- memling 4y ago
  I had always thought it was just what he said every single time he had to moderate.
j1elo 4y ago
Thanks to this comment, I found out about the twitter account @shit_hn_says, and what a finding.
Tepix 4y ago
Happy Holidays! What is Bell's username?
- O__________O 4y ago
  Here’s Scott’s HN username: - https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sctb https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sctb Though per Dang, since sometime in late 2019, he’s no longer a HN mod: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25055115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25055115 * Might be wrong, but my understanding is that Dang is now the only official moderator, but others do help out unofficially.

ignoramous 4y ago

Some more Daniel Gackle appreciation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25225775 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25225775

fragmede 4y ago

And the related discussion of said link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30374040 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30374040 There's a real wealth of thoughts from dang about this site buried in there! Also definitions for MOT (Major Ongoing Topic) and SNI (Specific New Information) which I'd not seen before.

O__________O 4y ago
Direct link to Dang’s comment covering topics of “Major Ongoing Topic” and “Specific New Information” mentioned above: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902490

agolio 4y ago

> In an Emacs file, Gackle collects ... I would love to see this "Emacs file" :D Jokes aside, a nice article

defrost 4y ago

and an obligatory NewYorker alt link: https://archive.ph/DfXFL https://archive.ph/DfXFL Best wishes to all.

olivermuty 4y ago

Up until this moment I assumed Dang was a last name and visualized an asian person whenever the name popped up. Cool article :)

memling 4y ago
I had always thought it was just what he said every single time he had to moderate.

j1elo 4y ago

Thanks to this comment, I found out about the twitter account @shit_hn_says, and what a finding.

Tepix 4y ago

Happy Holidays! What is Bell's username?

O__________O 4y ago
Here’s Scott’s HN username: - https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sctb https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sctb Though per Dang, since sometime in late 2019, he’s no longer a HN mod: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25055115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25055115 * Might be wrong, but my understanding is that Dang is now the only official moderator, but others do help out unofficially.