Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ...
by eadmund on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:24PM
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> 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.
Re:Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon ...
by owyn on Sunday February 18, 2018 @10:20PM
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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.
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.