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So what do you think: is the moderation reasonable?

• drharris 13y ago
  I'm not sure. I think this site should be mostly tech and startup related, but I also enjoy the occasional non-tech article, and find that this community sources those types of articles better than other aggregation sites (i.e. no Buzzfeed junk). If I wanted to read a bunch of non-tech I'd go to Reddit, but I don't go to Reddit, I come here. I've seen a few other articles I liked hit this same trend (immediate popularity, front page, then disappears), so I decided to run an experiment. In the end, I think this kind of moderation is ok, but I'd rather see it a bit more refined. A flag should really be for inappropriate content, a downvote should be used for "I don't like seeing this kind of content".
  • the_watcher 13y ago
    >>A flag should really be for inappropriate content, a downvote should be used for "I don't like seeing this kind of content". A flag should be for content that doesn't belong on HN. It's not necessarily inappropriate. The example in the guidelines suggests avoiding sports (which I am sure many hackers find interesting, I know I do), since it wouldn't fit with the broader goal of the site. However, Grantland ran a fascinating piece on the use of motion tracking camera in NBA arenas, with tons of interesting data generated by the Raptors. I remember seeing it hit the front page, since, despite being about sports, it fit the general definition of something that good hackers that are on HN find interesting.