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446 points tonmoy | 1 comments | 24 Aug 23 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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ateng ◴[24 Aug 23 16:58 UTC] No.37251404[source]▶
The world of internet would be a _much_ better place if everyone at least have read this. I tried my best to adhere to these rules in any social network.
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roflyear ◴[24 Aug 23 19:02 UTC] No.37253136[source]▶
It is unfortunate that the rules are so vague/up for interpretation, and when you break them, it isn't explained to you that you broke them. The rule just gets cited and there you go.
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kelnos ◴[24 Aug 23 21:08 UTC] No.37254572[source]▶
I've found that dang is very open to discussion about these sorts of things. He's only an email away, and usually responds quickly.
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lazyasciiart ◴[24 Aug 23 23:54 UTC] No.37256071[source]▶
I've found the complete opposite: it took years to even get a dismissive response, and longer to get him to actually bother looking into what I wrote. Depends whether you pass his initial guess at whether you have a real issue or are trolling him, apparently.
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dang ◴[25 Aug 23 04:00 UTC] No.37257880[source]▶
I'd be interested in what took years—can you explain? My worst case in terms of responding to emails is a few months—which is terrible, but happens when (a) the inbox is backed up and (b) the request requires more than a little time.

It doesn't really depend on whether I think someone's trolling, because the response is usually much the same in either case and anyhow genuine trolling (i.e. totally bad-faith action to provoke or waste time) is relatively rare.

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1. lapcat ◴[25 Aug 23 11:24 UTC] No.37260455[source]▶
I find it very odd that a 16 year old web service with user accounts has no method of contacting the moderators other than email.

I have no desire to take HN "offline" and pollute my inbox/outbox with a bunch of moderation notes. That's too annoying.

It might be slightly better if every submission and comment had a mailto: that automatically populated a new email with a link, but even then, this shouldn't be necessary.