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I don't agree with flagging this post, it seems like an important discussion based on the large amount of activity. As for my own views, I think it's fine that

I don't agree with flagging this post, it seems like an important discussion based on the large amount of activity. As for my own views, I think it's fine that the list isn't public, it doesn't make much difference either way. I appreciate knowing that there's a list of banned sites. My attempt at constructive feedback would be to have some place where a transparency report on moderation activity is shared. Not everything needs to be public nor immediately updated, I trust @dang's discretion on deciding what should be shared. But maybe it would be more ideal if there was a single place where you could find out that there is a moderated domain blacklist, rather than finding out through a random comment. Overall I'm happy with HN's moderation and wouldn't want to impose too much of a burden on the team.

dang 3y ago
It was correctly flagged because there was already a huge discussion about this in another thread, which this one is simply pointing to. I didn't even see the current submission until a few minutes ago, and I commented extensively in the other thread, answering every question I saw. We don't want this sort of meta HN-eating-its-own-tail (I'll use that metaphor instead of the more vulgar one which came to mind first) in general, which is why submissions to news.ycombinator.com itself are banned on HN. This one shouldn't have been vouched for.
- TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
  Oh, that's fair. I didn't realize that people had continued engaging on the original post.