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Everything I know about internet dynamics and human nature tells me that that wouldn't work—it would just exacerbate the conflict. The problems we're talking about come from the fundamentals: how HN is defined (i.e. its mandate), how the site is structured (one front page that everyone shares, only 30 stories per page, etc.), how people feel, and what's going on in the world at large. Given those fundamentals, these conflicts are inevitable. All we can do is work on how we respond to them—trying to respond better, more creatively, more relationally. By "we" I mean all of us: mods qua mods, users qua users, mods qua users, and users qua mods. That's not going to happen to anyone's satisfaction, but if it can happen at all, that has to be good enough. I feel like Freud telling you guys you're all doomed to frustration! |