I have downvote powers and used them *extensively*. This is me on this kind of HN thread:pic.twitter.com/WdH1inmNiJ
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Definitely. The same suspects turn up on regular expression threads and talk about regular expression derivatives *every* *single* *time*. They don't have experience building this stuff, but they've read a couple papers or blog posts and just want to show that off.
I'd love a forum where experts deleted bogus comments, like r/askhistorians but for tech. One funny side effect of that moderation policy is, if you visit a popular discussion a week or two afterwards, 80% to 100% of comments will be deleted.
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That's a teeny bit like how stackexchange works, although the connection is fairly weak: "experts" are identified by enough points in the relevant categories, and the abilities conferred by more points don't directly include deleting answers, but do include locking questions.
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I find it surprising how good "technical" Twitter is for this. I think the SNR is maybe 1:2 to 1:10 for questions I ask here. Terrible in an absolute sense, but extraordinarily good relative to other forums I know of (including mid-sized private forums).
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I expect that r/askhistorians has a higher SNR than HN due to its moderation policy. And I think HN is actually way better than the popular alternatives -- I think you'd see 2 9s deletion on HN, 3 9s or more on r/programming and slashdot.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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