>>codetr+(OP)
Congrats Dang, you have done a wonderful job so far and moderate one of the most fantastic online communities out there. I am sure most of the job feels somewhat thankless but I want to let you know I(and many many other users on this site) appreciate your hard work and dedication.
>>codedd+Vw
What do you think we could do differently? Serious question.
I don't like the mob thing either but it's how large group dynamics on the internet work (by default). We try to mitigate it where we can but there's not a lot of knowledge about how to do that.
>>dang+HC
Don't change anything. I would wish the HN crowd would not be "Only the US exists" but it is what it is. Left a dozen times b/c of hate comments over the last decades, but always came back (with different accounts) because there are comments that are gold nuggets.
>>KingOf+fY
Try browsing HN at different times of day. As someone living in the EU, I honestly don't see HN as being all that user-centric. I attribute it to the fact that I browse when most USians are asleep, Earth being spherical-ish and timezones being what they are.