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Ironically, HN gets political discussion because the moderation is good enough that it's not a complete waste of time. Most subreddits have been assigned one si
by pjc50 9mo ago
Ironically, HN gets political discussion because the moderation is good enough that it's not a complete waste of time. Most subreddits have been assigned one side or the other by their moderators, for example.
- inglor_cz 9mo agoYes, moderation here is better than elsewhere and the usual bad actors cannot do more than "drive-by downvotes", which are annoying, but nowhere near as disruptive.
- GJim 9mo ago> "drive-by downvotes" A meta-moderation system (allowing moderators up/down votes to be randomly audited) would help stop this happening. Those who remember the old Slashdot meta-moderation system will know how this works.... it did a decent enough job.
- JumpCrisscross 9mo agoThe voting seems to work a lot better than the flagging mechanism, for what it’s worth. It’s rare that the top-rated comment is nonsense, or that a bottom-rated comment for more than a few minutes isn’t close to a waste of time.