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Comment by dang

I've been answering this a lot lately. Here are some links:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43019507

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43003751

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42978572

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42978389 (<-- principles listed here)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42911011

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979382

If you take a look at those and still have a question that isn't answered there, I'd be happy to take a crack at it.

Trust as you please, but we're moderating HN the same way we always have.

Edit: Actually we wouldn't expect or ask anyone to trust in the first place. I do think it's reasonable to ask regular users to familiarize themselves with the principles by which we moderate the site. Then if you see something that doesn't fit those principles, or if you want to make a case for different principles, we have something to discuss.

These principles go back a long time and have held up well in terms of preserving HN for its intended purpose over the years. If you (or anyone) want to familiarize yourself with them, see the link I marked above. It contains a partial list, and pointers to lots of past explanations.

parent dang 1 year ago

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