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Don’t try and pretend HN takes the moral high ground. This is something - regardless of how big of a problem you think it is - that permeates. Once a month the
by madeofpalk 3y ago
Don’t try and pretend HN takes the moral high ground. This is something - regardless of how big of a problem you think it is - that permeates.
Once a month there will be a link to some GitHub or issue where everyone will pile on about some stupid issue.
- blueflow 3y agoThen flag it, too. HN shouldn't be the torch & pitchfork store.
- ipnon 3y agoAd hominem is at least nominally against the rules here. Most egregious instances will get flagged and deleted. It’s not perfect but there is some effective immune response moving things back in the right direction.
- mettamage 3y agoIMO, the issues are much milder on HN than I have seen elsewhere.
- dredmorbius 3y agoHN is human-moderated, by both members and staff moderators. There is ... limited ... automatic moderation. Which means that some things do slip through the cracks. (There are multiple mods, though dang is the public face.) If you see something, say something: by flagging every-day dreck, or by emailing mods in the case of something exceptionally bad. I do both. Flagging is a daily thing, email for abuse / transgressions maybe a few times a quarter. Edit: Clarified first 'graph.