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Great, now all the comments lost context. This is asinine. Don't modify the submissions, or titles.
by manticore_alpha 12y ago
Great, now all the comments lost context. This is asinine. Don't modify the submissions, or titles.
- colinbartlett 12y agoIt drives me crazy. I know it's well intentioned, but this power in the hands of a few seems to do more harm than good. Why not just let the populous up/down vote things as they see fit? I wouldn't have upvoted an article about the general ruble decline (it's not news to me). I would (and did) upvote an article Apple halting Russian sales.
- dang 12y agoThis particular change was a mistake and we fixed it. > It drives me crazy. I can understand that, and it bothers me that even one user feels this way. Unfortunately, every time I sit down to reply, multiple paragraphs insist on coming out, and I haven't had time to edit them. I'll try to come back and post something later. (Edit: sorry, I guess it'll have to be another time.)
- davidw 12y ago> I know it's well intentioned, but this power in the hands of a few seems to do more harm than good. Why not just let the populous up/down vote things as they see fit? Err... this isn't a democracy and has never claimed to be one.
- manticore_alpha 12y agoSorry if I come across as rude but the original submission "made it" to the frontage as is. HN needs to stop doing this kind of thing, particularly when the (admittedly ancient infrastructure) doesn't add an "edited" declaration, etc.
- lmm 12y agoThanks for saying it. I wanted to but didn't dare.