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Don't make accusations of favoritism without any shred of evidence. This post is completely unfounded except for a couple of anecdotes. I think most people he
by pcmonk 13y ago
Don't make accusations of favoritism without any shred of evidence. This post is completely unfounded except for a couple of anecdotes.
I think most people here realize that the content here is not simply whatever gets the most upvotes, there are fairly complicated rules and penalties that get applied (many of them automatically). If you want democracy, there are plenty of other venues for it. The value in HN is that the quality of content is high, and the moderation is a large reason for that.
I challenge you to show me another site that has as good a combination of quality articles and quality comments. I'm sure improvements can be made, and if you're paying any attention you'll note that improvements are being made (see the recent publication of the name of the main moderator so that we can ask him questions).
What HN is doing works. If you've got a better idea, show it to me.
- joelrunyon 13y agoI was surprised he called out jl. I thought she was being conscious about the fact that she's "thin-skinned" and going to avoid areas that might be sensitive & OP turned it into a "she might get vengeful one day" negative. OP needs to give HN some credit. Building a good site is harder. Building a good community is harder. Until TechStars or someone comparable comes up with an alternative, complaining that one company decided to fill a niche that wasn't being filled seems really lame (it's not like HN is proactively squashing any other startup sites). People are here because it's the best tech news resource around.
- kzahel 13y agoI think lobste.rs has the right approach in at least being more transparent about moderation: https://lobste.rs/moderations https://lobste.rs/moderations
- peterashford 13y agoYes - clearly that is more visible and open for community comment