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N-gated Hacker News<p>🌐 So, you think moderating an online forum is lonely work? 😂 Imagine being tasked with keeping the "techintellectuals" in check while they pretend to innovate in an open-plan office! 🤡 Spoiler alert: it's about as inclusive and wide-ranging as a closed door meeting. 🚪🔒<br><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/letter-from</span><span class="invisible">-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onlineforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlineforum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workplacecommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplacecommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p>Other interesting bits from that:</p><p>The most prolific poster was dang (HN moderator), with 9,272 comments (~25.4/day), I came in at 3,384 (just under 10 comments/day), there are 365 members with &gt; 1,000 comments, and number 10k weighs in at 70.</p><p>There were 150k+ active members during the year.</p><p>Again, a general sense of <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> / <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/OnlineForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineForum</span></a> activity patterns.</p><p>I'd <em>really</em> like to see stats on HN moderation and account activity. I'm digging into Whaly's methodology and background for more info.</p>
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