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Dang, I believe, and again this is my belief alone, is like moderators of other social media, an FBI (or US Nation security state) insider. He has shown ruthles
by ariarad0089 4y ago
Dang, I believe, and again this is my belief alone, is like moderators of other social media, an FBI (or US Nation security state) insider. He has shown ruthlessness anytime someone criticized FBI in this site. Given the recent development, how much power FBI has on content moderation in ALL social media and how they go out of their way to PAY moderators, this is hardly surprising. And in fact, in a dystopian universe, dang would probably have to resign as a moderator and bow to FBI claims if he did not do what he frequently does.
So no I don't thank dang but I am grateful for this site to exist.
- dang 4y agoI realize that replies like this don't necessarily help, but I'll try. We're not in contact, let alone cahoots, with FBI or any other government agencies, or any other organization for that matter. I think there have been a handful of subpoeanas (maybe 3 or 4) over the years, related to ongoing investigations, but nothing memorable. We don't have any problem with people criticizing the FBI or anyone else, as long as the comments stay within the realm of thoughtful conversation and don't cross into flamewar or fulmination (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html). That's not to protect the FBI or anyone else—it's just trying to prevent HN from deteriorating (too quickly).