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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
An obvious thing that comes to mind is how downvoted comments are grayed and purposely made difficult to read, and flagged comments aren't readable at all. Being downvoted or flagged means (regardless of what they're supposed to mean) literally nothing other than "goes against the mob's mentality," so comments are penalized in a functional manner for going against the mob. They shouldn't have the power to artificially make opposing thoughts more difficult or impossible to read. Maybe control it with settings similar to showdead, for those who like the mob to curate the thoughts and ideas they're exposed to for them.