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subsubzero ◴[] No.35461974[source]
Congrats Dang, you have done a wonderful job so far and moderate one of the most fantastic online communities out there. I am sure most of the job feels somewhat thankless but I want to let you know I(and many many other users on this site) appreciate your hard work and dedication.
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codeddesign ◴[] No.35462773[source]
If by “finest” you mean a Reddit mob mentality for tech, then yes I completely agree with this statement.
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dang ◴[] No.35463131[source]
What do you think we could do differently? Serious question.

I don't like the mob thing either but it's how large group dynamics on the internet work (by default). We try to mitigate it where we can but there's not a lot of knowledge about how to do that.

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yCombLinks ◴[] No.35463213[source]
Downweight posts and comments based on the frequency and positive sentiment. IE things that are posted often and with high positive comments should bubble to the top less often.
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dang ◴[] No.35463250[source]
Other people want us to downweight negative sentiment. I wonder what happens if you downweight all the sentiments.
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chaorace ◴[] No.35463513[source]
The solution is simple: downweight all content which generates engagement of any kind
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1. krapp ◴[] No.35463679[source]
The obvious solution is to ban commenting altogether. On balance, it's just a bad idea. And the commenters. Ban everything, delete the site, degauss the drives and throw the server out of the window. Then throw a bigger, bulkier server out of the same window so it lands on the first server. Then break both servers down until their components are indistinguishable from one another, and mix them together. Then separate them into a number of small piles and hide each pile inside of a complex puzzle box - a different puzzle for each - in different sacred locations around the world, protected by whatever spells or enchantments are culturally appropriate. Then kill anyone who knows the location of the puzzle boxes, dissolve their bodies in lye, mix the lye into concrete blocks and dispose of the blocks in international waters, following a random dispersal path. Then blow up the boat with an orbital laser. Methods for the procurement and operation of an orbital laser are left as an exercise for the reader.

It's the only way to be sure.

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2. PaulDavisThe1st ◴[] No.35464700[source]
Isn't it simpler to either nuke it all from orbit, or bring in the sharks (with lasers) ?