Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News
by Raphmedia on Thursday August 08, 2019 @12:40PM
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Same here. Dang has sent me such warnings before and it's always with such politeness that you end up feeling like an uneducated fool. HN has some of the best moderation that I have seen in a while. I have been a moderator for a large website in early 2000's and I can only admire them. This is no easy task.
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Re:The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News
by madez on Thursday August 08, 2019 @01:09PM
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I was also once called out by dang. He did it so respectingly and understandingly that it made a change for me. This was much better for my reflection about what was wrong about my behaviour than if I had been moderated more heavihandidly. I don't understand the amount of attention and patience that is necessary for it, but it makes a difference.