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Brings back unhappy memories of the conversation style in Usenet. I didn't dare to use newsgroups after I asked some wrong thing as a 15-year-old in some comput

by pavlov 2y ago

Brings back unhappy memories of the conversation style in Usenet. I didn't dare to use newsgroups after I asked some wrong thing as a 15-year-old in some computing-related group and got dumped on by angry adult men. I get it that they were frustrated by Eternal September and whatever. But thinking back to those times makes me appreciate the moderation culture that dang has created here, as well as the non-linear structure that moves less popular comments out of the way of attention.

dang 2y ago
Similar memories have been an influence on HN's moderation style. I've mentioned that a few times over the years: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34328146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34328146 (Jan 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32725068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32725068 (Sept 2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28832073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28832073 (Oct 2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26855767 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26855767 (April 2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19773300 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19773300 (April 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11839842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11839842 (June 2016) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10979050 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10979050 (Jan 2016) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9813527 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9813527 (July 2015) - and more generally https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20programming%20flamewar&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Occasionally I run into posts from the heyday of comp.lang.lisp and it's still astonishing how high-quality the discussion was, before it wasn't.
- kragen 2y ago
  I appreciate your work; I can see how difficult it must be.

by pavlov 2y ago

dang 2y ago

Similar memories have been an influence on HN's moderation style. I've mentioned that a few times over the years: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34328146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34328146 (Jan 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32725068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32725068 (Sept 2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28832073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28832073 (Oct 2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26855767 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26855767 (April 2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19773300 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19773300 (April 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11839842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11839842 (June 2016) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10979050 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10979050 (Jan 2016) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9813527 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9813527 (July 2015) - and more generally https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20programming%20flamewar&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Occasionally I run into posts from the heyday of comp.lang.lisp and it's still astonishing how high-quality the discussion was, before it wasn't.

kragen 2y ago
I appreciate your work; I can see how difficult it must be.