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I often see an admin posting a comment saying that they are burying a story (or marking a story as dead, I forgot the exact wording) because they don't agree wi
by Istof 12y ago
I often see an admin posting a comment saying that they are burying a story (or marking a story as dead, I forgot the exact wording) because they don't agree with it... don't tell me that you have never seen it before? I will repost my question when I see it happening again and I will include examples, thanks for your input.
- ColinWright 12y agoI've seen it - dang[0] does it regularly. It's not censorship - it's curation, and so far every instance I've seen I've agreed with. That's why I asked if you could provide specific examples that you don't agree with. In particular, look at these comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7826954 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7826954 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7826943 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7826943 In both cases the posts were explicitly unkilled - the opposite of censorship. I'm going off-line now, but I'll see any replies in the morning. To answer your question, my feeling is that, in general and overall, the actions of the moderators are having a positive effect in the quality both of submissions and discussions. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dang https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dang
- Istof 12y agoIf the curation process was based on very specific rules, I guess I would not call it censoring.