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1. a12k+Q2[view] [source] 2024-02-02 16:35:27
>>Robin8+(OP)
Looking at the list of removed stories makes me really happy with the moderators here. They're all sensationalist, advertising for some company, clickbait, way off topic, or some combination of above. In fact, I don't see a single story that I personally feel should not have been removed.

Thanks, mods.

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2. reduct+i81[view] [source] 2024-02-02 21:44:01
>>a12k+Q2
I witnessed a recent front page link silently get changed to point to a parody video, then silently changed back later, with the top comment that remarked on the change silently removed.

That told me all I needed to know about the moderation of this site.

Thankfully someone captured a screenshot: https://merveilles.town/@cancel/111834048502040552

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3. dang+hO1[view] [source] 2024-02-03 04:09:43
>>reduct+i81
> That told me all I needed to know about the moderation of this site.

In that case you drew a general conclusion from a freak accident so rare that I doubt it had happened in the 17 years this site has been around. (Edit: 17 years this month in fact! https://web.archive.org/web/20070221033032/http://news.ycomb...)

If what you require from an internet forum is that the moderators under no circumstances will ever commit a copy/paste error, HN is definitely below your standards.

Edit: the mods would like to share that they weren't drunk when they made that mistake, just rushed and watching a rather gripping tennis final.

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4. wtalli+aS1[view] [source] 2024-02-03 05:16:56
>>dang+hO1
> 17 years this month in fact! https://web.archive.org/web/20070221033032/http://news.ycomb...)

That prompted me to check other dates in the archive: apparently the "Startup News" title lasted for around six months before changing to "Hacker News". I was pretty sure the change was before I made my account, but I didn't realize the "Startup News" period had been so short.

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5. dang+FS1[view] [source] 2024-02-03 05:25:33
>>wtalli+aS1
pg got bored of startup news and switched it in August of that year:

https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html

Edit: here's the last copy of Startup News that archive.org has—from 2007-07-13:

https://web.archive.org/web/20070713212949/http://news.ycomb...

and here's the first copy of Hacker News they have, from 2007-08-30:

https://web.archive.org/web/20070830111558/http://news.ycomb...

I guess they missed 6 weeks there, but bless them for having anything at all—who among us preserves our own history?

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