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I was totally unaware that HN mods would treat certain accounts better than others, and give special anonymous edits, totally news to me. I have seen a lot of

I was totally unaware that HN mods would treat certain accounts better than others, and give special anonymous edits, totally news to me. I have seen a lot of selective application of HN rules over the (many) years. My 2 cents.

gnabgib 2y ago
All these features are covered in the FAQ What does [deleted] mean?, Can I change my username?, Can I delete my account? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- monero-xmr 2y ago
  Strange you can change the username for a specific comment vs. all comments. It makes it so that a comment is attributed to someone else. Very odd.
  - dang 2y ago
    In case it's of interest, here's the standard language from emails I send people: We try not to delete posts that got replies, because doing so would be unfair to the other commenters in the thread. What I've done so far is reassign it to a random user ID, so it's as if you'd used a throwaway account to post it and there's no link to your main account. Does that work?
    - efreak 2y ago
      As I just mentioned in a previous comment, I'd like to note how much I appreciate that you keep the contents of posts with replies. It's not only unfair to other commenters, it can also be unfair to readers. There's nothing worse than seeing only one side of a discussion, where the possibly-useful information was purged or edited into personal attacks on the other user. I much prefer SO-style attributed edits (though for a discussion forum this should be limited to mods, not arbitrary users), but time-limited editing with manual thought out exceptions as implemented here is a close second, far preferable to Reddit and other forums that allow arbitrary editing forever and only show a date (if that).
    - monero-xmr 2y ago
      Sure, it is just a strange feature that me, being someone who has been posting here a long time, didn't know
dang 2y ago
HN mods do not treat certain accounts better than others. Was that unclear in what I wrote? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40732867 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40732867
- deleted 2y ago
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gnabgib 2y ago

All these features are covered in the FAQ What does [deleted] mean?, Can I change my username?, Can I delete my account? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

monero-xmr 2y ago
Strange you can change the username for a specific comment vs. all comments. It makes it so that a comment is attributed to someone else. Very odd.
- dang 2y ago
  In case it's of interest, here's the standard language from emails I send people: We try not to delete posts that got replies, because doing so would be unfair to the other commenters in the thread. What I've done so far is reassign it to a random user ID, so it's as if you'd used a throwaway account to post it and there's no link to your main account. Does that work?
  - efreak 2y ago
    As I just mentioned in a previous comment, I'd like to note how much I appreciate that you keep the contents of posts with replies. It's not only unfair to other commenters, it can also be unfair to readers. There's nothing worse than seeing only one side of a discussion, where the possibly-useful information was purged or edited into personal attacks on the other user. I much prefer SO-style attributed edits (though for a discussion forum this should be limited to mods, not arbitrary users), but time-limited editing with manual thought out exceptions as implemented here is a close second, far preferable to Reddit and other forums that allow arbitrary editing forever and only show a date (if that).
  - monero-xmr 2y ago
    Sure, it is just a strange feature that me, being someone who has been posting here a long time, didn't know

dang 2y ago

HN mods do not treat certain accounts better than others. Was that unclear in what I wrote? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40732867 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40732867

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