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482 points ilamont | 2 comments | 11 Jul 20 21:53 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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mw6621 ◴[11 Jul 20 22:32 UTC] No.23806714[source]▶

I agree with his ultimate conclusion -- don't start a forum.

It is no fun being an internet referee.

pmoriarty ◴[11 Jul 20 23:12 UTC] No.23807014[source]▶

Does PG actually modertate HN?

I thought he had mods like dang to take care of it for him.

I'd be more interested to hear what dang thinks of HN than what PG thinks.

rapnie ◴[11 Jul 20 23:22 UTC] No.23807089[source]▶

You could read "The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News". It is a great article.

Discussion at the time:

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slavik81 ◴[12 Jul 20 00:09 UTC] No.23807381{3}[source]▶

It's rather silly, but until I read this article, I'd always assumed dang was Asian.

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StavrosK ◴[12 Jul 20 00:30 UTC] No.23807502{4}[source]▶

The Chinese Da Ng?

1. frosted-flakes ◴[12 Jul 20 01:31 UTC] No.23807868{5}[source]▶

Isn't Ng a Vietnamese name?

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2. StavrosK ◴[12 Jul 20 01:35 UTC] No.23807896[source]▶

I thought so too, but Wikipedia said Chinese, so I went with it.

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