[dang]

Unfortunately I think it's more a function of forum size than topic. I say 'unfortunately' because there's a nasty feedback loop of site-being-good -> site-getting-bigger -> site-attracting-badness -> site-getting-worse.

Sometimes I describe this as "there's a cap on how good HN can ever get", but HN is just a placeholder there for any forum of comparable size.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

[achierius]

Are you actually the only mod? I'm shocked at how you seem to show up in every other thread, even cases like this where you're replying to a comment that itself was probably not flagged (and thus put on your queue).

[dang]

I'm not the only mod, just the only one who writes about it publicly.

[DonHopkins]

He's an interdimensional being who exists outside of time, like Palmer Eldritch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_E...