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bmurphy1976

"usually posts a comment" is not sufficient. Dang is human and humans make mistakes. If the system allows somebody to have that kind of power, it should also make it transparent so that we can call them out when it is being abused.

I agree with the parent, if we as a community are going to allow this type of stuff, there needs to be a changelog. We can't rely on good graces of the moderator. It will be abused.

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HN has never, ever been more transparent than it is today. "The system" has always allowed people to have that kind of power; the difference today is that 'dang goes out of his way to point out when he's using it.

"We as a community" have "allowed this type of stuff" since its inception.

Just because a situation isn't as bad as it once was doesn't mean that it's somehow "good" now, though.

Perhaps we disagree, but I think the transparency has measurably improved HN over the course of more transparency.

What bad things happen if there isn't a changelog? Somebody changes the URLs on you without a log? So what? What's the harm here? As far as I can tell, the only people that have a reason to get angry are those that post suboptimal links. Usually it's a link to a rather crappy article.

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