Re:Analyzing HN moderation and censorship
by QAPereo on Thursday October 19, 2017 @10:40AM
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This site doesn’t seem to have many mods, and they seem pretty desperate to me. I think a lot of the objectionable behavior on their part is desperate, not deliberate, such as throttling. They dont have the time to be editors or curators, and this is a site full of people who know how trivial it is to bypass moderation.
As user base grows, all platforms suffer from mean reversion or "Eternal September" where quality of the content reverses towards low quality issues. If you want to keep up the quality you need editorial staff. Call them curators, editors or moderators if you want.
What I would like to happen is HN editing being transparent. Show buried or nudged content differently so that those who submit can adapt.