13 votes

The lonely work of moderating Hacker News

6 comments

  1. [3]
    riQQ
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    This was previously discussed on Tildes.
    8 votes
    1. [2]
      drannex
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      Is this one of the first instances of a duplicate post we've had? Particularly with a longer time between them? I think we may have hit upon an important milestone in internet forum achievements!

      Is this one of the first instances of a duplicate post we've had? Particularly with a longer time between them? I think we may have hit upon an important milestone in internet forum achievements!

      3 votes
      1. mycketforvirrad
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        There are currently 120 posts with a duplicate post tag attached. A cursory glance seems to show an even mix of recent reposts versus significant time gaps.

        There are currently 120 posts with a duplicate post tag attached. A cursory glance seems to show an even mix of recent reposts versus significant time gaps.

        13 votes
  2. an_angry_tiger
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    Nice to see dang get a shoutout from a big publication, wow.

    Nice to see dang get a shoutout from a big publication, wow.

    6 votes
  3. drannex
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    Coming up on a ten year membership to the site and this might be the best take down of the site I've seen so far.

    The site is now a portal to tech culture for millions of people. At the same time, it has become a punch line and a punching bag for tech workers and engineers who see it as a locus of hubris, myopia, and exclusivity. A word that comes up frequently among its critics is “toxic.

    Coming up on a ten year membership to the site and this might be the best take down of the site I've seen so far.

    6 votes