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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
Downweight posts and comments based on the frequency and positive sentiment. IE things that are posted often and with high positive comments should bubble to the top less often.

>>yCombL+1E
Other people want us to downweight negative sentiment. I wonder what happens if you downweight all the sentiments.

>>dang+CE
I feel that the curve needs to be adjusted to curb clickbait from trending to the top.

There are a lot of stores that trend to number 1 in under an hour that end up disappearing completely from the front page, moving near the bottom, or flagged to death, within a couple of hours because it’s just not quality content for this forum.

>>marklu+t34
I don't know how to do that! Wouldn't it require software that could distinguish high-quality from low-quality content?

The same bait (sensationalism, indignation) that makes many users upvote those posts is what makes other users flag them. This rise and fall has always been the pattern on HN—it's one of the cycles of life here.