Re:Thanks Dang, Happy Holidays!
by whatshisface on Friday December 23, 2022 @11:50AM
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They're guidelines, that means they're not rules.
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Re:Thanks Dang, Happy Holidays!
by whatshisface on Friday December 23, 2022 @12:51PM
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Yeah, but nobody's getting BANNED for using capital letters to express verbal emphasis in text. It's just a little annoying, and comes across too strong.
So some of them are guidelines, others are rules, but which is which is not for us to know. This is obviously very healthy and constructive :)
Re:Thanks Dang, Happy Holidays!
by whatshisface on Friday December 23, 2022 @06:32PM
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I have never read them but I don't have run-ins with moderation because anything an emotionally healthy person would do is legal on HN.
It's emotionally healthy to tell people they're being ridiculous. Can't do that on HN!
Re:Thanks Dang, Happy Holidays!
by TreeRingCounter on Friday December 23, 2022 @12:57PM
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The guidelines are (I assume intentionally) vague enough that moderation can selectively object to basically anything, claim it's on the basis of tone/personal attack/flamewar risk/etc, link to the guidelines with no further explanation, and call it a day.
I think dang does an awesome job. I feel like he does such a good job, that I hope he has a really good support network, and a great therapist, too! That's not an insult. Just that I can't imagine how hard it must be for him.
However, HN guidelines are so ridiculous they feel like laws (especially in the US): you're probably breaking one of them with almost all of your comments. For example, here is one of the guidelines:
> Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks around it and it will get italicized.
What? Hahaha. The level of policing here (and how much it is up to interpretation) makes them impossible to follow!
Again, dang is awesome. I wish him the best. I don't think anyone else could do that job.