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Many Reddit subreddits use AutoModerator to automatically remove comments by users with substantial negative karma, e.g. -49 or lower. There are definitely fals

Many Reddit subreddits use AutoModerator to automatically remove comments by users with substantial negative karma, e.g. -49 or lower. There are definitely false positives, but this policy removes a lot of drive-by troll comments.

sanderjd 3y ago
This is the second time recently that I have been participating in a thread about moderation on HN and people have responded with comments talking about moderation on reddit... I don't get it. We're not talking about reddit here, we're talking about HN.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
  Moderation is moderation. Don't pretend that it is significantly different from place to place. I mean, I guess we can just talk about HN if you want. Yay, circumstances were such that HN moderation isn't as shitty as reddit, and may even remain that way for the lifespan of the site. How long is that anyway? Will HN be around 30 years from now? 5? It's so much smaller, that how many unlucky heart attacks or misfortunately early deaths would derail it? Is that a higher-than-single-digit number? So, any discussion of purely HN moderation (besides those asking for input on policy adjustments) aren't talking about anything long term and pointlessly self-congratulatory.
  - sanderjd 3y ago
    > Moderation is moderation. No, moderation varies wildly from place to place. As do the rules and guidelines that the moderation is driven by. Each community has to figure this out for itself. It is, really and truly, ridiculous, to bring up how moderation works on reddit, when discussing moderation on HN. It's an entirely different group of human beings working from an entirely different set of guidelines using an entirely different set of tools. It's just a total non sequitur. > I mean, I guess we can just talk about HN if you want. This whole discussion is about HN! We're discussing a link to the HN guidelines! Like, what made you think we're in any way talking about something else? What in the world are you even talking about with the rest of this? It just seems entirely unrelated to the topic.

sanderjd 3y ago

This is the second time recently that I have been participating in a thread about moderation on HN and people have responded with comments talking about moderation on reddit... I don't get it. We're not talking about reddit here, we're talking about HN.

NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
Moderation is moderation. Don't pretend that it is significantly different from place to place. I mean, I guess we can just talk about HN if you want. Yay, circumstances were such that HN moderation isn't as shitty as reddit, and may even remain that way for the lifespan of the site. How long is that anyway? Will HN be around 30 years from now? 5? It's so much smaller, that how many unlucky heart attacks or misfortunately early deaths would derail it? Is that a higher-than-single-digit number? So, any discussion of purely HN moderation (besides those asking for input on policy adjustments) aren't talking about anything long term and pointlessly self-congratulatory.
- sanderjd 3y ago
  > Moderation is moderation. No, moderation varies wildly from place to place. As do the rules and guidelines that the moderation is driven by. Each community has to figure this out for itself. It is, really and truly, ridiculous, to bring up how moderation works on reddit, when discussing moderation on HN. It's an entirely different group of human beings working from an entirely different set of guidelines using an entirely different set of tools. It's just a total non sequitur. > I mean, I guess we can just talk about HN if you want. This whole discussion is about HN! We're discussing a link to the HN guidelines! Like, what made you think we're in any way talking about something else? What in the world are you even talking about with the rest of this? It just seems entirely unrelated to the topic.