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Re:Popular YouTubers who are building their own sites by dang on Sunday March 07, 2021 @11:30PM (#26382298)
Oh I don't agree. I think there are downsides to putting a 'mod' tag beside usernames, quite strong downsides actually, in addition to the upside that you guys are correctly noting. It's a tradeoff. I'm glad that I listened to my intuition 7 years ago (ack) when I became responsible for HN, and chose to trust the way things had always functioned here.

I don't see this as RTFM; there's no FM to begin with, other than perhaps https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html.

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Re:Popular YouTubers who are building their own sites by gist on Monday March 08, 2021 @01:54PM (#26389903)
> Oh I don't agree. I think there are downsides to putting a 'mod' tag beside usernames, quite strong downsides actually

What are those 'downsides....quite strong downsides actually'?

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Re:Popular YouTubers who are building their own sites by dang on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @03:33PM (#26403786)
It would change the feeling in the community. It would introduce barriers in communication that would make it harder to relate. It would fuck with the psychology of both moderators and non-moderators, the same way that uniforms do. It would turn the mods into abstractions/roles rather than human beings. It would infect HN with that priggish approach to authority which appeals to the smallminded and depresses creativity. It would signal lack of trust. It would demoralize any moderator who didn't have the soul of a meter maid.
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