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Is it off topic? It's a direct commentary on the precise changes being made? What constitutes off topic in this case? I mean... it's weird that they (the publi
by PostOnce 4y ago
Is it off topic? It's a direct commentary on the precise changes being made? What constitutes off topic in this case?
I mean... it's weird that they (the publishers, or possibly the estate) think it's okay to retroactively edit these books at all, but the specific edits they have made make it all the more bizarre.
It's really very strange to take a view that weight is sacred, but teeth, noses, and other aspects of general appearance are not.
- dang 4y agoThis type of moderation is always a response to the subthread (i.e. root comment plus all descendants), not the root comment alone.
- PostOnce 4y agoThanks for explaining; that makes sense, it did descend into a bit of a culture war and become detached from the point.
- dang 4y agoThanks for getting it! It's a bit of a subtle point. Actually it took us years to begin thinking this way but once we figured it out as a principle it changed a ton about how we moderate HN threads. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22expected%20value%22%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...