This got me wondering whether you could train an automod to act like Dang.
Dang is more or less what keeps HN from becoming Reddit.
Dang is more or less what keeps HN from becoming Reddit.
This is called Algospeak and has infected a lot of people's everyday language. People say "unalive" instead of "kill" or "murder", because the internet has drilled into them that you have to use that word.