Comment by Kinnard
9 years ago
Ok, that was creepy. I was wondering if I was crazy and if had just commented or not. Thanks for the insight. Is the HN team considering open sourcing more of HN given all the recent changes?
9 years ago
Ok, that was creepy. I was wondering if I was crazy and if had just commented or not. Thanks for the insight. Is the HN team considering open sourcing more of HN given all the recent changes?
Sorry. Our experience is that off-topic meta discussions quickly get out of hand, most of all on divisive threads (which a partisan political thread certainly is). To stave that off I detached your comment right away, but it took time to give you a detailed reply.
this is not my thread, but I - and I think probably many other users - do appreciate the increased process transparency on HN, and the clarity and alacrity of decision explanations. Even if people should disagree with some decisions, at least they know what the official positions are. I look forward to more of this increased community information, responsivity and engagement as much as is feasible. Thank you.
You're welcome, and I hope everyone realizes that they can get answers by emailing hn@ycombinator.com as well. Posting on the site is hit and miss, but we see all the emails.
I wonder if this might be less necessary with the new collapse and uncollapse features? People can collapse any threads they deem off-topic