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While I hear what you're saying, it's bordering on an appeal to authority. Dang is just one person and has his own set of biases
by zarathustreal 3y ago
While I hear what you're saying, it's bordering on an appeal to authority. Dang is just one person and has his own set of biases
- lapcat 3y ago> While I hear what you're saying, it's bordering on an appeal to authority. Dang is just one person and has his own set of biases My point about dang is that (1) dang has seen more HN comments that literally anyone else in the world and thus has more knowledge about this topic than anyone else in the world; (2) dang specifically sees the posts and comments that have been flagged, because of his job as moderator; (3) dang has seen (and can probably cite) the comments from all ideological standpoints complaining that that the opposite viewpoint is dominant on HN and that their views have been censored. It's an appeal to vast experience and knowledge.