Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl's books

Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by PostOnce on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @12:08AM (#34876914)

Is it off topic? It's a direct commentary on the precise changes being made? What constitutes off topic in this case?

I mean... it's weird that they (the publishers, or possibly the estate) think it's okay to retroactively edit these books at all, but the specific edits they have made make it all the more bizarre.

It's really very strange to take a view that weight is sacred, but teeth, noses, and other aspects of general appearance are not.

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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by dang on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @02:14PM (#34885528)

This type of moderation is always a response to the subthread (i.e. root comment plus all descendants), not the root comment alone.

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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by PostOnce on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @03:37PM (#34886796)

Thanks for explaining; that makes sense, it did descend into a bit of a culture war and become detached from the point.

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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by dang on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:08PM (#34887352)

Thanks for getting it! It's a bit of a subtle point.

Actually it took us years to begin thinking this way but once we figured it out as a principle it changed a ton about how we moderate HN threads.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

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