The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours

Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours by woofie11 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:24AM (#25669800)

I think large scale makes it impossible to be good. Small scale doesn't guarantee good.

Reddit, slashdot, and a whole slew of others went through an HN-like phase of high-quality discussions and content before turning into cesspools.

I think what makes HN unique is benevolent sponsorship. There isn't pressure to grow. It's recruiting for Y-Combinator, which eliminates most of the normal pressures.

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Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours by froseph on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:39AM (#25670350)

My favorite article on the life cycle (growth & collapse) of online communities is “Attacked from Within”* from the old kuro5hin site. I’ve always been curious to how it’s suggested solutions to the moderation problem would turn out.

* Archived here: http://atdt.freeshell.org/k5/story_2009_3_12_33338_3000.html

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Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours by dan-robertson on Thursday January 07, 2021 @07:54AM (#25670431)

It wasn’t so long ago (less than 10 years, perhaps more than 5) that HN was full of similarly bad comments

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