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Comment by 90s_dev

5 months ago

> I don’t think there is heavy moderation in the traditional sense.

It seems to be a combination of manual and automated moderation (mostly by dang but he has more help now), using the kind of over/under-engineered custom tools you'd expect from technophiles. I've wondered a lot about the kind of programming logic he and the others coded up that make HN as curious as it is, and I have half a mind to make a little forum (yet another HN clone, but not really) purely for the sake of trying to implement how I think their moderation probably works. If I went through with this, I'd have it solely be for Show HN style project sharing/discussion.

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90s_dev  5 months ago

I'm pretty much decided on making the Show HN clone even if nobody uses it. Because I know it's a good idea and I believe in it:

* For every N=round(10) years software experience, you can click submit N10 times.

* You must* provide a link and year proving your earliest project or employoment.

* Max 256 submissions per day for everyone total.

Should be a fun experiment. Email me if you want an early invite.