Hacker News with Generative AI: Community Management

Warning users that upvote violent content on Reddit (reddit.com)
Today we are rolling out a new (sort of) enforcement action across the site. Historically, the only person actioned for posting violating content was the user who posted the content. The Reddit ecosystem relies on engaged users to downvote bad content and report potentially violative content. This not only minimizes the distribution of the bad content, but it also ensures that the bad content is more likely to be removed.

Reddit, Moderation, Content Policy, Community Management

14 points by moonka 50 days ago | 10 comments

Hector Martin – [Patch] Maintainers: Remove Myself (lkml.org)
I no longer have any faith left in the kernel development process or community management approach.

Linux Kernel, Open Source, Community Management, Software Development

12 points by Reventlov 78 days ago | 52 comments

Ask HN: What do you use for content moderation of UGC? (ycombinator.com)
My co-founder and I started a static site hosting platform. From our past experience in user-generated content, we knew we needed moderation. So, we wrote a very simple script that checks for common phishing attempts and alerts us.

Content Moderation, Community Management

36 points by jhunter1016 90 days ago | 42 comments

Largest Computer Science Subreddit Bans Discussion on H-1B Debate (reddit.com)
Banning H1b discussions on the sub starting

Immigration, Technology, Community Management, Social Media

17 points by joshcsimmons 115 days ago | 2 comments

Some Bluesky Block Lists (louplummer.lol)

Social Media, Censorship, Community Management

14 points by speckx 155 days ago | 3 comments

Your Discord Community Is Dead (bearblog.dev)
There's a special kind of sadness to an empty Discord server. The meticulously planned category structure. The welcome bot with its automated messages. And in every channel, the same tumbleweeds rolling by.

Community Management, Discord, Online Communities

16 points by andout_ 167 days ago | 0 comments

Few people grasp the amount of effort Daniel Gackle (dang) expends running HN (2020) (twitter.com)

Hacker News, Social Media, Community Management

11 points by punnerud 169 days ago | 3 comments

Ask HN: Less People are visiting *NEW* submission Page, How to get traction (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Less People are visiting *NEW* submission Page, How to get traction

Hacker News, User Engagement, Community Management, Website Traffic

12 points by habibksan 197 days ago | 5 comments

WordPress contributor banned for asking about new checkbox (twitter.com)

WordPress, Community Management, Social Media, Online Communities

31 points by that_guy_iain 199 days ago | 8 comments

Matt Mullenweg trying to change /r/Wordpress to /r/WordPress (reddit.com)
Howdy mods, I have confirmation from u/spez that if the mods here send a request to him, they can capitalize the P. Can we fix this together? It's been years!

Reddit, Community Management, Subreddits, Naming Conventions

25 points by rob 203 days ago | 12 comments

Reddit communities will require permission while going private (techcrunch.com)
Last year, while opposing Reddit’s API changes, a large number of subreddits turned from public to private or turned NSFW (Not Safe for Work) to impact ads on the platform. To prevent this kind of change, Reddit is bringing new rules where moderators will have to submit a request when updating community-type public or private or maturity ratings of SFW (Safe for Work) or NSFW.

Reddit, Moderation, Community Management, Social Media, Platform Changes

13 points by mdotk 207 days ago | 3 comments

Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible (theverge.com)
Reddit is giving its staff a lot more power over the communities on its platform. Starting today, Reddit moderators will not be able to change if their subreddit is public or private without first submitting a request to a Reddit admin.

Social Media, Reddit, Censorship, Moderation, Community Management

11 points by rntn 207 days ago | 12 comments

Permission now required to take subreddits private (reddit.com)
Starting today, updating Community Type settings requires a moderator to submit a request.

Reddit, Community Management, Moderation

57 points by focusedone 208 days ago | 35 comments

Godot social media account blocks titanium level backer for the Godot fund (twitter.com)

Godot Engine, Crowdfunding, Community Management

51 points by neonsunset 209 days ago | 13 comments

Attracting and Retaining Debian Contributors (lwn.net)
Many projects struggle with attracting and retaining contributors; Debian is no different in that regard. At DebConf24, Carlos Henrique Lima Melara and Lucas Kanashiro gave a presentation about efforts that the Brazilian Debian community has made to increase participation. Their ideas and the lessons learned can be applied more widely, both for other Debian communities and for other projects.

Open Source, Debian, Community Management, Software Development

153 points by sohkamyung 218 days ago | 126 comments

Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord? (ycombinator.com)

Community Management, User Forums, Online Communities

41 points by legendofbrando 286 days ago | 66 comments

Ask HN: A Reddit alternative only for humans; how would you do it? (ycombinator.com)

Reddit, Social Media, User Experience, Community Management

10 points by punkpeye 291 days ago | 10 comments

Twitch removes every member of its Safety Advisory Council (engadget.com)

Twitch, Streaming, Online Safety, Community Management

73 points by keploy 327 days ago | 81 comments

The dire state of NixOS's moderation culture (github.com/nrdxp)

Open Source, Community Management, Operating Systems

66 points by srid 365 days ago | 92 comments