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Used to play D&D with that crew. I wonder if I can still make Rob mad by mentioning Spike Stones? (My druid threw some down at entirely the wrong time and lost us the battle)

Slashdot at the time of the Netscape open source announcement was a fantastic place, it felt like the future was going to be great in 1998. I still miss the metamoderation and I'd like to see it implemented in more places.

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One of my favorite documentaries covers this moment inside Netscape.

Code Rush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q7FTjhvZ7Y

Thanks for the reference, I've never seen it but it's quite good. I haven't seen anything quite like it, at least for the time-and-place.

It makes me see the downside of wfh..

I have been curious of one could add /. 's meta-moderation and/or reason-for-vote scheme to HN, without losing the things that make HN unusually good.

Slashdot’s own code was open-sourced for other websites to build on top of. When HN was founded, it could have even used Slashdot’s own system of moderation directly. However, HN is part of Y Combinator, and the latter undoubtedly wants to protect its brand. Discussion on such corporate-owned websites naturally always entails more severe moderation than on hobbyist communities or ones run by a small business.

I'd prefer a vote or post scheme, maybe at the thread level. I like that at least you can't downvote people who respond to you.

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