this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2024
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

what do we pay this dang guy for, anyway

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

he has many responsibilities:

  • sometimes he disagrees with an article title that’s entirely accurate and people aren’t buying his assertion that it’s clickbait, so he adds a question mark to it to try to make the article look less credible
  • tone policing
  • ignoring blatant flagging abuse
  • adding sites and posters on YC’s shitlist to the autodead filter
  • his bonuses are almost definitely predicated on how many of Garry Tan’s many fash friends feel comfortable posting on the orange site
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

You missed his most important job, reminding everyone about previous discussions of PG essays whenever someone reposts a PG essay.

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