Perhaps I'm in the minority here, but I would like to see the entirety of HN's codebase posted as-is, no redactions, cleanup, etc.
The entire site is officially moderated by ~2 people, and autonomously by the community. Whatever secret sauce they're using, that should be proof positive that it works. Keeping it a secret deprives countless communities of best-in-class tools and knowledge.
Would it be detrimental to HN? In the short term, possibly (gaming the voting ring detector comes to mind), but it's hard to say what kind of impact there would be without knowing what goes on under the surface.
The entire site is officially moderated by ~2 people, and autonomously by the community. Whatever secret sauce they're using, that should be proof positive that it works. Keeping it a secret deprives countless communities of best-in-class tools and knowledge.
Would it be detrimental to HN? In the short term, possibly (gaming the voting ring detector comes to mind), but it's hard to say what kind of impact there would be without knowing what goes on under the surface.