I know that the moderators do "intervene" because sometimes pg talks about it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=709370 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7

I know that the moderators do "intervene" because sometimes pg talks about it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=709370 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=709370 "There are days when HN seems determined to jump the shark, and the only reason it doesn't is that the editors heave it back."