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I guess. I have very mixed feelings about HN moderation, but not dang. I think dang does an awesome job. I feel like he does such a good job, that I hope he ha

I guess. I have very mixed feelings about HN moderation, but not dang. I think dang does an awesome job. I feel like he does such a good job, that I hope he has a really good support network, and a great therapist, too! That's not an insult. Just that I can't imagine how hard it must be for him. However, HN guidelines are so ridiculous they feel like laws (especially in the US): you're probably breaking one of them with almost all of your comments. For example, here is one of the guidelines: > Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks around it and it will get italicized. What? Hahaha. The level of policing here (and how much it is up to interpretation) makes them impossible to follow! Again, dang is awesome. I wish him the best. I don't think anyone else could do that job.

whatshisface 4y ago
They're guidelines, that means they're not rules.
- switch007 4y ago
  They may be de facto rules if you get banned or chastised for breaking them.
  - whatshisface 4y ago
    Yeah, but nobody's getting BANNED for using capital letters to express verbal emphasis in text. It's just a little annoying, and comes across too strong.
    - roflyear 4y ago
      So some of them are guidelines, others are rules, but which is which is not for us to know. This is obviously very healthy and constructive :)
      - whatshisface 4y ago
        I have never read them but I don't have run-ins with moderation because anything an emotionally healthy person would do is legal on HN.
        roflyear 4y ago
        It's emotionally healthy to tell people they're being ridiculous. Can't do that on HN!
TreeRingCounter 4y ago
The guidelines are (I assume intentionally) vague enough that moderation can selectively object to basically anything, claim it's on the basis of tone/personal attack/flamewar risk/etc, link to the guidelines with no further explanation, and call it a day.

whatshisface 4y ago

They're guidelines, that means they're not rules.

switch007 4y ago
They may be de facto rules if you get banned or chastised for breaking them.
- whatshisface 4y ago
  Yeah, but nobody's getting BANNED for using capital letters to express verbal emphasis in text. It's just a little annoying, and comes across too strong.
  - roflyear 4y ago
    So some of them are guidelines, others are rules, but which is which is not for us to know. This is obviously very healthy and constructive :)
    - whatshisface 4y ago
      I have never read them but I don't have run-ins with moderation because anything an emotionally healthy person would do is legal on HN.
      - roflyear 4y ago
        It's emotionally healthy to tell people they're being ridiculous. Can't do that on HN!

TreeRingCounter 4y ago

The guidelines are (I assume intentionally) vague enough that moderation can selectively object to basically anything, claim it's on the basis of tone/personal attack/flamewar risk/etc, link to the guidelines with no further explanation, and call it a day.