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>>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.

>>subsub+2k
If by “finest” you mean a Reddit mob mentality for tech, then yes I completely agree with this statement.

>>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
A potentially small change, since there's a lot of space on the page where you reply. People tend to adjust behavior from small nudges - could adding a summary of the rules/hn guidelines on the reply page help avoid some less useful comments?

This could go after the reply button, before it, before the comment box even. Or, to get fancy, positioned based on karma (a little more in the way when it's low, more out of the way as it climbs).

No functional change.

I've found myself delete a lot of less useful comments when I stop and say "is this really helpful? Or am I trying to 'win' a discussion".

>>IanCal+hf1
I worry that it's the sort of thing that people would tune out as background noise after a while.

Maybe it could show up randomly or if a mod notices discussion going haywire or something.