Comment by throwaway665544
1 year ago
The simple solution would be to display a log of all removed/flagged/shadowbanned posts and comments, like Wikipedia does.
1 year ago
The simple solution would be to display a log of all removed/flagged/shadowbanned posts and comments, like Wikipedia does.
Preventing the site from being taken over by incessant meta debates is one of the moderation goals of the site.
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
(In many places there, obviously a lot of that is about Meta the company).
Periodic threads like this one are, I think, allowed as a sort of escape valve for pent up meta energy. Emph. on "periodic".
If you want a site that makes the opposite call here, Lobsters has a public mod log. You might like that system better!
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