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Re:Few people grasp the amount of effort Daniel Gackle expen... by touisteur on Saturday July 09, 2022 @08:35AM (#32034465)
I like to think he's some kind of monk, a zen master of human forums, and a genuinely good person. At least any exchange I had with him or observed with all kinds of people have been full of humanity, while firm in his mission. I don't know how he does it, and I wish we'd celebrate him and people like him far more.
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Re:Few people grasp the amount of effort Daniel Gackle expen... by samizdis on Saturday July 09, 2022 @09:05AM (#32034699)
I posted a link elsewhere in this thread to this article [1] - The lonely work of moderating Hacker News (2019) - and you might like its author's insights/views, plus there are plentiful quotes from Dang and his colleague, Scott Bell. [edit to add: a comment in reply to this says that Scott no longer works at HN. Surely Dang can't be doing this solo nowadays?]

[1] https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...

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Re:Few people grasp the amount of effort Daniel Gackle expen... by frosted-flakes on Saturday July 09, 2022 @10:39AM (#32035499)
It's just Dan now, I think. Scott no longer works for HN.
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Re:Few people grasp the amount of effort Daniel Gackle expen... by touisteur on Saturday July 09, 2022 @10:18AM (#32035326)
Thanks for this. It makes me hopeful that we can find people and a process to keep things civil and somehow engaging in such a forum.

Sure HN has its pains (and I'm an unconditional of the late n-gate site) but they don't come from moderation shenanigans.

I also appreciate the pedagogy I often see. Some participants here have never been actively moderated and dang takes the time to explain as if the moderated person was one of the 10000 of the day.

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Re:Few people grasp the amount of effort Daniel Gackle expen... by interestica on Saturday July 09, 2022 @09:52AM (#32035086)
I've always just hoped that he's not just one person.
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