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Thank you to dang and sctb

950 points sama | 4 comments | 22 Nov 18 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.335s | source

Dan and Scott do an incredible amount of work behind the scenes to make Hacker News what it is. I have never met two more thoughtful community stewards. They usually get more hate than thanks, which they deal with cheerfully. This community means a lot to a lot of people.

So today I wanted to say thanks, on behalf of the HN community.

1. black-tea ◴[23 Nov 18 07:49 UTC] No.18515018[source]▶
I do not post my thoughts on certain topics any more because I know I'll get banned for it. So you can thank them for your echo chamber.
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2. nolok ◴[23 Nov 18 07:57 UTC] No.18515036[source]▶
I have plenty of contrarian opinion on things, such as thinking Tesla is massively overvalued and their autopilot a scam, or my views on apple, etc... And while I may be down voted when posting them never ever have I feared a ban.

Maybe to find the issue you should pay less attention to your opinion and more to how you express it. Disagreeing with people is okay, even on the Internet there isn't always a side that's right and one that's wrong.

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3. black-tea ◴[23 Nov 18 16:08 UTC] No.18517211[source]▶
No, trust me. It doesn't matter what languages I use to express myself, if I post about one specific topic I'll be banned every time. There are probably others too but you'll never know because the moderation is opaque.
4. hycaria ◴[03 Dec 18 13:00 UTC] No.18588397[source]▶
If you want an example, I have one at hand