Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon Valley ‘Echo Chamber’

Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by dang on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:18PM (#16408210)

I'm not sure if I was clear earlier, but the simplest explanation for why you get downvoted is that you have a history of posting flamebait. When an account does enough of this it gets subject to software penalties as well. If you want to commit to using HN as intended, which means scrupulously avoiding flamebait, snark, flamewars, name-calling, and all the rest of it—then you're welcome to email [email protected] and let us know.

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by jstewartmobile on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:50PM (#16408505)

I don't know what the averages are, but reviewing my comment history, seems to be more upvotes than downvotes.

I don't post comments on HN to stir the pot. I post comments on HN in the hope of getting other perspectives. A comment with a downvote and a reply is more valuable than a comment with upvotes and no replies. It's not like I can redeem HN points for cash and prizes.

I think I can do an OK job of not being an asshole, but I honestly have no idea what is or isn't going to piss people off or classify as flamebait here. So, if those are the stakes now, I will just have to accept my place on the shitlist.

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by eadmund on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:24PM (#16408781)

> I think I can do an OK job of not being an asshole, but I honestly have no idea what is or isn't going to piss people off or classify as flamebait here.

I wish that there were some sort of metamoderation system. I downvote the mods whenever they post about abusing their power, but I don't know if that even has an effect, or if moderators' posts are immune from downvotes.

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by owyn on Sunday February 18, 2018 @10:20PM (#16410523)

slashdot had that years (decades?) ago. For such a wild west porto-reddit type of site, it really did have some good tools to manage trolling. Moderation flags have a "type" (funny, troll, redundant, offtopic, etc). There's also a meta-moderation system where random users got picked to see some random posts and judge whether the first level of moderation is fair.

It's been around a long time, but I guess it's a bit fiddly? I'm not sure why other sites haven't adopted similar processes.

https://slashdot.org/faq#meta1

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by mrep on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:32PM (#16408833)

Wasn't this the point of flagging/vouching for comments?

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Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ... by eadmund on Monday February 19, 2018 @09:20AM (#16413002)

Hmmm, I hadn't thought of flagging the moderators. I wonder if that might have negative repercussions. I wouldn't want them to get angry!

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