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Comment by joecot | Hacker News Reader

Here's the same post in /r/BestofRedditorUpdates, which includes the update that was removed by mods

https://reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/u6a3qp/o...

> he said that he’d work to get some sort of ventilation system installed ASAP, and that he’d even dig with his dad’s old gas mask if it’d make me feel better.

This guy ... I don't think he understands but he seems nice enough

Why do they delete the updates? What a shitty thing to do.

Imagine if dang did that... It's unthinkable.

Some communities exist for a single purpose. Rule 2 on that subreddit: Posts must ask for advice. If you want to loop the community in on your personal story, you do have to post it elsewhere.

It's just like this community - we don't allow offtopic posts either. Except instead of a small modteam, we have people who have a certain amount of karma to "remove" (bury) the post.

Still a weird rule tho. You'd think they want to hear if their advice was good or not and have a catalogue to look back at on what worked for certain situations.

I agree that there probably should exist a feedback loop for the community to know if their advice helped or harmed.

No idea. I'll note that the original post was to /r/Advice, and the removed update was to /r/relationship_advice. No idea why they switched subreddits, but I expect that was part of it.

r/BestofRedditorUpdates is probably my new favorite sub, and I appreciate the legwork people put into gathering the pieces of posts into a coherent and satisfying story.

1 hour in, I'm still reading the top stories. And they are gripping. So far as I've read, Reddit advice has not failed.

If you enter, may <deity> have mercy on your soul.

"dad's old gas mask" - runs in the family

"after church today" - I can see why he wants to get away

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